[SFS] Server Status
Chris Fedde
chris@fedde.us
Tue, 19 Sep 2017 14:54:49 -0600
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Backups are such a pain until you need them. I'm still running a dump to a
usb drive "occasionally" but for the most part the stuff I care about is
somewhere in the cloud: VPS, Gitlab, Google Drive. I suppose I land on a
different part of the Venn diagram that has reliability in one circle and
security in another.
On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 2:51 AM, David L. Willson <DLWillson@thegeek.nu>
wrote:
> I lost a hard drive yesterday. I was able to restore from a backup, but
> the backup was three weeks old.
>
> Affected systems are:
> - zimbra.thegeek.nu
> - zimbra.sofree.us
> - mailman.thegeek.nu
> - fishes.sofree.us
>
> My plan is to configure daily backups today.
>
> There's a funny story here about a failing hard drive locking up the
> system that I had *just* setup backups on, and me diagnosing it as a
> problem with the backup script, and disabling the backups "until I can
> re-arrange things", which turned out to be three weeks later, when the hard
> drive stopped working completely. Lesson: Take the backups. If the system
> locks up during or near backups, take the backups manually and often.
>
> --
> David L. Willson
> Teacher, Engineer, Evangelist
> COA LFCS CCAH RHCE CLP
> Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)
> http://sofree.us
>
> This is a good time for a r3VOLution.
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Backups are such a pain until you need them.=C2=A0 I'm=
still running a dump to a usb drive "occasionally" but for the m=
ost part the stuff I care about is somewhere in the cloud: =C2=A0VPS, =C2=
=A0Gitlab, Google Drive.=C2=A0 I suppose I land on a different part of the =
Venn diagram that has reliability in one circle and security in another. =
=C2=A0</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mo=
n, Sep 18, 2017 at 2:51 AM, David L. Willson <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=
=3D"mailto:DLWillson@thegeek.nu" target=3D"_blank">DLWillson@thegeek.nu</a>=
></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0=
0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style=3D"fon=
t-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000"=
>I lost a hard drive yesterday. I was able to restore from a backup, but th=
e backup was three weeks old.<br><br>Affected systems are:<br>- <a href=3D"=
http://zimbra.thegeek.nu" target=3D"_blank">zimbra.thegeek.nu</a><br>- <a h=
ref=3D"http://zimbra.sofree.us" target=3D"_blank">zimbra.sofree.us</a><br>-=
<a href=3D"http://mailman.thegeek.nu" target=3D"_blank">mailman.thegeek.nu=
</a><br>- <a href=3D"http://fishes.sofree.us" target=3D"_blank">fishes.sofr=
ee.us</a><br><br>My plan is to configure daily backups today.<br><br>There&=
#39;s a funny story here about a failing hard drive locking up the system t=
hat I had *just* setup backups on, and me diagnosing it as a problem with t=
he backup script, and disabling the backups "until I can re-arrange th=
ings", which turned out to be three weeks later, when the hard drive s=
topped working completely. Lesson: Take the backups. If the system locks up=
during or near backups, take the backups manually and often.<br><br><div><=
span name=3D"x"></span>--<br>David L. Willson<br>Teacher, Engineer, Evangel=
ist<br>COA LFCS CCAH RHCE CLP<br>Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)<br><a href=3D"ht=
tp://sofree.us" target=3D"_blank">http://sofree.us</a><br><br>This is a goo=
d time for a r3VOLution.<span name=3D"x"></span><br></div><br></div></div><=
/blockquote></div><br></div>
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