[Note: Where I used to update the Weblog entries, now I will do a new one to push out updates via Twitter.]
The investigation of this morning’s apparent hard drive failures was that there are 21 blocks bad on /dev/hda [our main drive] and 41 bad on /dev/hdb [where backups are stored]. I’ve asked for /dev/hdb to be replaced and have asked about what they can do in terms of replication on /dev/hda.
I’ll update when I know more.
Oh, and we’ve also had massive load spikes today as people attempt to do nefarious things, and I/O has been limited because the datacenter was running badblocks. Usually, we don’t have that kind of I/O consumption and the server handles the strain okay.
Update, 1445: Okay, so Twitter Tools allows me to tweet from inside WP. Nice. No more new-post-per-update.
The datacenter is going to replace the backup HDD after midnight tonight. I’m backing up Tuesday’s backups—the last ones I trust—and storing them offsite here at the office. Fun times.
1-2 Jan Backup Organization in Progress…
As you’re aware if you’ve been reading along, you’ll know that I took Tuesday morning’s backups and downloaded them offsite [much to the consternation of my corporate IT department]. Now that /dev/hdb is back up and running, I&…