This is exactly why we offer cross-upload to archive.org. Anyone concerned about our liquidity should make use of it. Of course, we never raised $12mm and won't be going anywhere.
Justin --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Roxanne Darling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am certainly not talking about backups to any sort of DVD-type external > media performed by the hosting company. > And yes, we have the ability to subscribe and/or download. > > What I am bringing up for discussion is in the genre of contingency > planning. And because we as a business have managed servers for over a > decade, it is something I am familiar with. > > 1) Some hosting companies (lower end pricing) do not provide back up > services. So, if one of their servers goes bad or someone's site programming > goes bad, they do not have a backup to pull from. You are basically starting > over from scratch. I think someone on this list had that problem a while > back?? > > If backup services *are* included in the hosting plan, then there is a > separate and duplicate set of data that can be used to restore the said site > files in question. If people are not keeping copies of the stuff they > upload, and a something goes wrong and there is no backup in place, then > there obviously is a problem. > > 2) If services like Revver that are the main repository for someone's media > files go away without warning, how will people be affected? > > In our case, we have not been keeping local versions of all the various file > formats we upload for each daily episode. So if blip were to have a major > failure, we would be screwed for all episodes around #375 and forward. I'm > feeling irresponsible about this! > > Our challenge is a bulk factor: having over 580 episodes, with an average of > 2-4 file formats per episode. > > So Charles, for you, my question was more to discuss this in the "thinking > out loud" mode. > I would hope that your servers are running frequent backups. > I would hope that if blip appeared to be heading south, we would be > contacted in advance to collect (aka download) our assets. > > Right now we only have an FTP drop box, not 2-way FTP access, so this would > be a cumbersome manual task of downloading that could take days conceivably. > > > I don't know if there are other ideas??? I am not a server admin, just a > yellow belt who gets nervous about back ups now and then. And someone who is > happy to pay for value-added services. :-) > > I choose not to think about the URL paths that would require updating. Long > live Blip! > > Rox > > > On Feb 6, 2008 2:35 PM, Sull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > why not just download all your videos that are on blip and toss them > > on a HDD and/or DVDs? > > if you are in the habit of downloading your own feed, you should be good > > to go. > > i dont think it would be a viable business for blip to send you drives > > and discs. > > > > sull > > > > > > On Feb 6, 2008 6:11 PM, Roxanne Darling <[EMAIL > > PROTECTED]<okekai%40gmail.com>> > > wrote: > > > > > > So time to think about backup plans. I for one am ready to pay extra for > > > file back up services. I am not on Revver, but I am on blip, and will > > > follow up with Mike if he doesn't chime in on this thread. > > > We backup all our original digital media, and have backup in place on > > the > > > servers we manage for the first 350+ episodes. Since then, we have > > hosted > > > at blip, and I am not aware of backup service there. > > > > > > Aloha, > > > > > > Rox > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Roxanne Darling > "o ke kai" means "of the sea" in hawaiian > Join us at the reef! Mermaid videos, geeks talking, and lots more > http://reef.beachwalks.tv > 808-384-5554 > Video --> http://www.beachwalks.tv > Company -- > http://www.barefeetstudios.com > Twitter--> http://www.twitter.com/roxannedarling > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
