I was running a disaster-recovery workshop for a charity in London on 7/7. One of our clients phoned to say all their systems were running but if anything died they wouldn't be able to get in to fix it.

The other tip was make sure you have offsite copies of your personnel files in case you need to inform next of kin that their relative has been prematurely cremated.


On 13/08/2026 15:37, John Hearns via GLLUG wrote:
One question I would ask yourself is disaster recovery

What would we do if we lost our servers?
Have I captured the recipe for configuring replacements

How much per day does the charity lose when servers are down

You also don't say if you have an on prem or cloud setup

On Thu, Aug 13, 2026, 11:23 AM kerry via GLLUG <[email protected]> wrote:

    Hi all,
    I am a new volunteer at a charity and am a deputy system admin. I
    need to learn lots about installing Linux servers, preferably on
    debian, as that is what we use. The system admin says he used to
    recommend using a site called debianhelp, as it covered lots of
    servers and explained things quite well, he says it has turned
    into an online gambling site, so is no use anymore. he has
    suggested that i document everything i do and put it on some web
    pages to help people in the future. he also says 'learning by
    doing' is good. he used to attend gllug meetings, at a university,
    years ago and told me he learned so much from the group and that i
    should join the mailing list.
    kerry

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