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[01] HOW OFTEN DO YOU BACKUP YOUR SERVERS?
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Back ups are done incrementally at a minimum of a weekly basis for
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MetaARPA members. The majority of files on the file servers get
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backed up at that time provided there is space. The priority is
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SDF specific files, then MetaARPA, ARPA and finally USERS.
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The only files that are not backed up are the ones in /tmp across all
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clients and servers. If you use /tmp for storage it should only be
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considered as short term storage. For instance, if a client machine
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has to be replaced due to hardware failure, you are not guaranteed
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that files in /tmp will appear on the replacement host.
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The back up disk array is only brought online during the weekly
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backup session. It is not accessible to members.
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File restores can be requested by posting a message on the bboard
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<REQUESTS> and specifying the full path location to the files or
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directory. You will receive an email with the location of your
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restored files.
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Its recommended to use the SDF 'delete, undelete and expunge' utilities
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which you can alias rm to in your .profile.
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