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Originally Posted by Shannara  Still guessing never heard of offsite backups ( 4 disaster recovery?) I do data recovery and yes it is tedious and slow but come on if you are working "around the clock" this shoulda been resolved a few days ago, but once again love the attention this forum is getting  |
Actually, there is quite a sum of data that needs recovered... not just the UO Stratics Forums, which alone were 10+ years of posting data. Add in all the other gaming forums that need recovered plus some non-gaming forums we had, and as well, three Gaming Web Sites were lost also.. This is no simple, run of the mill "grandma & grandpa" forum recovery. This recovery is a massive undertaking.
As for off-site backups.. that's just what was lost, our off-site backups. (Coupled with some other stuff technical and non-technical)
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On Friday, May 2, at approximately 7 a.m. EST due to events beyond our immediate control involving a third party data center, we suffered a catastrophic systems failure. This systems failure has affected the databases that supported our forums, as well as our EVE, WAR, and L2 sites.
We are working diligently around the clock to restore the databases to working order. Restoration includes data recovery, a process that is very tedious and time consuming. At this time we unfortunately do not have a firm ETA on when this process will be complete.
We apologize to our dedicated community for this inconvenience and thank you all for your patience and your understanding during this down time. If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please contact us at directors (at) stratics (dot) com
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