Just having a backup is only 1/10th of the problem though, if that. If Wikimedia Commons, for example, where to disappear in a cloud of smoke overnight what would it take to turn one of those backups into a properly functioning replacement?
Open knowledge data is only useful when it's accessible :) Tom On 18 March 2013 13:28, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: > On 18 March 2013 13:18, Fae <[email protected]> wrote: > > > PS I have heard the archive question answered recently by a > > representative of the WMF on a radio interview as "Oh, it's all over > > the internet, if we disappear it could always be re-created" (or words > > to that effect) - I thought this a particularly naff answer for an > > organization with many millions in the bank to spend on operational > > risks. > > > That's not quite right ... > > * we need to make sure there are actually multiple accessible copies > of the huge database dump files around > * someone needs to take one of these and recreate a working, editable > copy of (say) en:wp, with all text and images > * if that fails in any regard whatsoever, it's something that really > needs fixing > > This is largely a matter for ops, of course. But someone needs to get > a spare PC with a huge amount of disk and try it ... (Why not me? > Time/arsedness/lack of said PC and huge disk.) > > > - d. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
