Thats a huge fail haha, it doesn't bring tears to my eyes. I do feel somewhat bad for the owner, who left it up to an idiot, but not having backups in 6 years is a bit ridiculous so I don't feel THAT bad. I can see not having backups for the last year because you got lazy and it wasn't worth your time, but I doubt they have been running on the same server and OS for all 6 years, there should have been at least one backup at some point just for moving the data to another server.
Even though it wasn't a hardware failure and it really wouldn't have done much in this situation, they really should have been using something a bit better than RAID1 to start with. The statements made draw a picture for me of the guy that was in charge of the server and how "smart" he really was. Unfortunately there are too many people who give others a bad name by promising the world for less money and only providing the client with disappointment. Sometimes I feel there really needs to be a blacklist of tech people that should never be allowed to touch anything important. On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Dante Lanznaster <[email protected]> wrote: > uh... they hosted it with OS X Server? I'd rather host it with MS > Windows and WAMP. > > On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 6:05 AM, Jeff Lasman <[email protected]> wrote: > > This story actually brings tears to my eyes... > > > > > http://journalspace.com/this_is_the_way_the_world_ends/not_with_a_bang_but_a_whimper.html > > > > And then this: > > > > http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://journalspace.com > > > > (Note that we do use RAID. We also use backups. We backup all data on > > all servers according to a schedule agreed upon by us and those who > > rent our dedicated servers.) > > > > Jeff > > -- > > Jeff Lasman, Nobaloney Internet Services > > P.O. Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 > > Our jplists address used on lists is for list email only > > voice: +1 951 643-5345, or see: > > "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html"; > > _______________________________________________ > > LinuxUsers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > -- Peter Manis (678) 269-7979
