Hello all, The R Wiki site is now back again (hopefully, I have tested from the Intranet, but not from the Internet). The motherboard of the server was broken. so, I had to send the server back for servicing. The R Wiki site, is installed on a temporary replacement server for the moment. Best,
Philippe Grosjean Martin Maechler wrote: > Thanks a lot, Philippe, > >>>>>> "PhGr" == Philippe Grosjean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>> on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 10:53:51 +0100 writes: > > PhGr> Hello, > > PhGr> Indeed, the R Wiki server is down. I am away from my > PhGr> office (meetings), but I just phone to the computer > PhGr> department in charge of the servers at the > PhGr> University. They are currently looking at the problem. > > PhGr> To answer to legitimate Martin's questions: > >> - What happens if you are in vacation, sick,... > > PhGr> As I said, it is the computer staff of the University > PhGr> that is in charge of the servers. But, they have to be > PhGr> warned of the problem before they can do something > PhGr> about it. Perhaps should we install a system that pols > PhGr> the Wiki server regularly and issues a warning > PhGr> automatically when something happens? I cannot do this > PhGr> without discussion and acceptation of the computer > PhGr> staff and authorities... which is a long and > PhGr> administrative process! > > ouch! Yes, such polling systems are quite standard and a must > for reliable server maintenance. Of course they will not be > 100% fool proof either. > > >> - Who is your "substitute"? > > PhGr> Johan Debergues, Philippe Lievens, or the people in charge of the > PhGr> servers at the University at the time the problem occurs (emails of > PhGr> people is simply [EMAIL PROTECTED]). > > >> - Is there a phone number for urgencies? > > PhGr> +32.65.37.34.97, which is the phone in my office, currently. > > >> - What are the emergency measures (and who is responsible) if > >> the machine crashes? Backup / Substitute machine / ... ? > > PhGr> Regular (daily) backups of the Wiki content are made on another > machine. > PhGr> I am in charge of that backup, and of restoring the machine in case > it > PhGr> crashes. We currently have no other emergency measures. In > particular, > PhGr> we have no substitute machine installed currently. > > That sounds all reasonable. Thanks a lot! > > A substitute machine *installed* may be asking too much. > However, having easy access to a spare machine which has the OS > pre-installed and on which you can restore the full the > wiki-backup, maybe something to look at. > > PhGr> We certainly could secure the R Wiki much better. I am open to any > PhGr> suggestion on this point. > > PhGr> Best, > > PhGr> Philippe Grosjean > > > > PhGr> P.S.: Please, do warn me in case of problems: I am not > PhGr> working 24h/day and 7d/week on the R Wiki. So, do not > PhGr> assume that I am aware of the problem at the time you > PhGr> notice it! In particular, yesterday and today, I am in > PhGr> meetings, which makes me less prone to notice the > PhGr> problem rapidly! > > Indeed! I hope you weren't stressed unnecessarily by my e-mail, > and I hope this is now just clear to the audience: > > In case of severe problems with the R-Wiki do contact Philippe > Grosjean by "personal" e-mail (i.e. not just assuming he reads > mailing lists). > > With (a 2nd round of) thanks to Philippe, > Martin > > _______________________________________________ R-sig-wiki mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-wiki
