RE: Re: UKHA Archive Down

["Groups" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Fair enough.. but one little point..



> I think it's always easy to criticise decisions on implementation of
systems after the event and when you're not involved directly



Well, to be honest, having been in IT for 20 years, I haven't yet come
across a company that doesn't expect me to think of things like this..
that's why they pay me. I am sure every IT person on this list has
worried over backups at some point. It doesn't take a genius to realise
that keeping data and their backups in the same location is a no no.



But, that been said, you are right, I don't know their situation.



Cheers



Marc



From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Phillip Harris
Sent: 25 February 2010 08:38
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: UKHA Archive Down






Bit late to be worrying about that now and I'm sure that it's not as
clear cut as it seems - there'll have been a number of consultants
involved and decisions taken in setting up their systems.

I think it's always easy to criticise decisions on implementation of
systems after the event and when you're not involved directly - yes, it
does seem like a few pretty basic cockups in the design were missed
but...

/me shrugs

Lets face it, with an infinite pot of money then every job should be
done right and every eventuality accounted for but there's no such thing
as an infinite pot of money. ;-)

Phil

On 25 Feb 2010, at 08:29, Groups wrote:

> Wow, these guys obviously had no disaster recovery plan.
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> What sort or organisation keeps there backup server (or tapes etc) in
> not only the same building, but the same room!!!
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[mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx
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> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: UKHA Archive Down
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> "These shared servers suffered a total loss, including the backup
server
> the backups were located on. A few hours ago, we contracted a third
> party data restoration service (at a great expense) to attempt to
> recover the data off the backup drives. At this point, we are waiting
to
> hear back from them to determine chances of full, partial, or no
backup
> scenario. As soon as we get the official word, we will update this
> status post. The situation with this server is dire, but we are
> exhausting every avenue possible to retrieve as much data as we
possibly
> can.
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> * UPDATE * The data recovery team is working on our backup drives - We
> won't know the result until tomorrow morning (2/25), expect an update
> then."
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> I forsee much work ahead...
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