Hi Shannara,
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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  |
You mean backups aren't capable of failing too? How do you know Stratics' backup didn't fail?
Do you have detailed knowledge of the backup systems that Stratics uses for their network, what specific contingencies they have in place, and how they are or are not configured? Are the Stratics servers co-located? Are the production servers and backups all in the same datacenter? Or are the production servers in one datacenter, and the backup servers in another datacenter... possibly in another city? What is the quantity of data being recovered? Are the backups on fixed disk, optical, or tape? Is the recovery being done in-house or contracted? If contracted, what is the turn-around time for whatever amount of data Stratics has? Has the recovery been completed?
Rumor has it, that do to the situation... Stratics might push up a previously planned network upgrade and a possible forum script switch (from UBB.Threads to something I'm not at liberty to say) to now. So as to take advantage of an unscheduled & extended downtime to make the changes now. If THAT is the case... has the recovered data (if it's finished) been returned to Stratics (if it's not being done on-site)? Are the sites going to use the existing infrastructure or be converted to a new one? If they are going to use a new forum, has the forum data been converted or is in the process of being converted? Has the new forums been installed, setup, and configured to resemble the old forums for user familiarity? Is the newly converted forum data in place? Has it been tested yet to reduce potential issues for when it goes live?
I am sincerely looking forward to your answers, I believe your insight will be newsworthy.