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general_jinjur2016-05-04 12:40 pm
audiofic archive update
hello everyone!
so this is your audiofic archive status update.
in april, we were moving to a new dedicated server, which we thought would take us offline very briefly (minutes). as you may have guessed, that isn't how it went down. in the process of moving, the data was mishandled, corrupted, and in some cases, destroyed. that's why we have backups! however, there was also an undetected failure in the backup process, so we are missing some files. I wish I could be more precise about which and how many, but I haven't had time to really dig yet.
We will be restoring from backup in the next few days, and then going through to see what's either missing or not connected properly to the archive interface. At that point, we will be reaching out to restore whatever is missing, and we'll be temporarily unpublishing the archive entries that don't connect to files. They will be back up once they are connected.
we are dumping the service that led to this problem, and are also getting ready to move to a new service. In the process, I'm reviewing the backup processes we had, automating and tweaking to those processes, and adding at least one additional full repository.
so yes. the news is bad. however, it's also repairable.
thank you for all the support over the years, and stay tuned for information on what files we'll be looking for.
allison morris
so this is your audiofic archive status update.
in april, we were moving to a new dedicated server, which we thought would take us offline very briefly (minutes). as you may have guessed, that isn't how it went down. in the process of moving, the data was mishandled, corrupted, and in some cases, destroyed. that's why we have backups! however, there was also an undetected failure in the backup process, so we are missing some files. I wish I could be more precise about which and how many, but I haven't had time to really dig yet.
We will be restoring from backup in the next few days, and then going through to see what's either missing or not connected properly to the archive interface. At that point, we will be reaching out to restore whatever is missing, and we'll be temporarily unpublishing the archive entries that don't connect to files. They will be back up once they are connected.
we are dumping the service that led to this problem, and are also getting ready to move to a new service. In the process, I'm reviewing the backup processes we had, automating and tweaking to those processes, and adding at least one additional full repository.
so yes. the news is bad. however, it's also repairable.
thank you for all the support over the years, and stay tuned for information on what files we'll be looking for.
allison morris
