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**ServiceColas** · 05-15-2009, 06:51 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8049780.stm

On it, he explained the site's backing-up process, although he did not explain why the firm had no external media storage.

"Some have asked whether or not we had back-ups. Yes, we dutifully backed up our servers every day. Unfortunately, we backed up the servers between our two servers.

"The hacker took out both servers, destroying our ability to use one or the other back-up to remedy the situation." So, 13 years of work is wasted because server 1 was backing up to server 2, and server 2 was backing up to server 1.

Ouch.

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05-15-2009, 06:51 PM	#1
ServiceColas Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 517 Senior Member	Backup Stratgey = Fail http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8049780.stm On it, he explained the site's backing-up process, although he did not explain why the firm had no external media storage. "Some have asked whether or not we had back-ups. Yes, we dutifully backed up our servers every day. Unfortunately, we backed up the servers between our two servers. "The hacker took out both servers, destroying our ability to use one or the other back-up to remedy the situation." So, 13 years of work is wasted because server 1 was backing up to server 2, and server 2 was backing up to server 1. Ouch. [oops] Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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