On 23 Feb 2016, at 16:29, Imre Kaloz <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, 23 Feb 2016 15:24:12 +0100, Steve Lord <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> And how do you imagine copying the contents when the IO is already killing >>> the box from time to time? >> >> You don't store the mirror on the box. You store it elsewhere, and you do it >> smartly. There's a difference between mirroring the site, wiki and >> image/package downloads. The PHP project might be a good place to look for >> inspiration. They have a mirroring programme. >> >> As for I/o killing the box, maybe it would help to know the conditions under >> which that happens and what solutions have already been tried. > > The box is over 7 years old, the raid controller is the first part that > started to give up. I'm the only one who put money in the infrastructure in > the last 10 years - the solution is the replacement of the box, which I've > also taken care of, "just" need to move all data over which isn't that easy > given the random lockups and the public services.
I'm sorry to hear that you've put so much money and time into it and are still experiencing problems. Would it help if there was a publicly announced window to temporarily shut down the site and move data off the box? It might be feasible to do it bit by bit and move things off with less disruption over time. Steve _______________________________________________ openwrt-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-users
