How to Recognize the Antipattern
The signs of this antipattern require a little investigation. If the project has any documentation to guide software administrators or if you have the opportunity to interview the programmers who designed it (even if that’s you), seek the answers to questions like the following:
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What is the data backup and restore procedure? How can a backup be verified? Have you tested restoring data on a clean server or a different server than where the backup was made?
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Do images accumulate, or are they removed from the system when they are obsolete? What is the procedure for removing them? Is this an automated or manual procedure?
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Which users of the application have access to view images? How is access enforced? What ...
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