[SFS] Server Status
David L. Willson
DLWillson@TheGeek.NU
Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:06:58 -0600 (MDT)
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Yeah. I screwed this up at least 3 ways.
- no regular backups
- no RAID
- poor problem diagnosis and diagnosis
I'm always grateful when I find a place that's willing to hire and keep a special fellow like me.
--
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.
----- Original Message -----
> 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 style=3D'font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: =
12pt; color: #000000'>Yeah. I screwed this up at least 3 ways.<br><br>- no =
regular backups<br>- no RAID<br>- poor problem diagnosis and diagnosis<br><=
br>I'm always grateful when I find a place that's willing to hire and keep =
a special fellow like me.<br><br><div><span name=3D"x"></span>--<br>David L=
. Willson<br>Teacher, Engineer, Evangelist<br>COA LFCS CCAH RHCE CLP<br>Mob=
ile 720-333-LANS(5267)<br>http://sofree.us<br><br>This is a good time for a=
r3VOLution.<span name=3D"x"></span><br></div><br><hr id=3D"zwchr"><blockqu=
ote style=3D"border-left:2px solid #1010FF;margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px=
;color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-=
family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div dir=3D"ltr">Backups=
are such a pain until you need them. I'm still running a dump to a u=
sb drive "occasionally" but for the most part the stuff I care about is som=
ewhere 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. </div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br=
><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 2:51 AM, David L. Wills=
on <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"font-family:times new roman,new york,times,ser=
if;font-size:12pt;color:#000000">I lost a hard drive yesterday. I was able =
to restore from a backup, but the backup was three weeks old.<br><br>Affect=
ed systems are:<br>- <a href=3D"http://zimbra.thegeek.nu" target=3D"_blank"=
>zimbra.thegeek.nu</a><br>- <a href=3D"http://zimbra.sofree.us" target=3D"_=
blank">zimbra.sofree.us</a><br>- <a href=3D"http://mailman.thegeek.nu" targ=
et=3D"_blank">mailman.thegeek.nu</a><br>- <a href=3D"http://fishes.sofree.u=
s" target=3D"_blank">fishes.sofree.us</a><br><br>My plan is to configure da=
ily backups today.<br><br>There's a funny story here about a failing hard d=
rive locking up the system that I had *just* setup backups on, and me diagn=
osing it as a problem with the backup script, and disabling the backups "un=
til I can re-arrange things", which turned out to be three weeks later, whe=
n the hard drive stopped working completely. Lesson: Take the backups. If t=
he system locks up during or near backups, take the backups manually and of=
ten.<br><br><div><span></span>--<br>David L. Willson<br>Teacher, Engineer, =
Evangelist<br>COA LFCS CCAH RHCE CLP<br>Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)<br><a hre=
f=3D"http://sofree.us" target=3D"_blank">http://sofree.us</a><br><br>This i=
s a good time for a r3VOLution.<span></span><br></div><br></div></div></blo=
ckquote></div><br></div>
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