😱 Came home from a trip to a failed hard drive on one of my ... • Aaron Parecki

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😱 Came home from a trip to a failed hard drive on one of my home servers. Time to put my backup system to the test!

💾 New drive is on its way, warranty return for the old drive is started.

☁️ Once the new drive arrives, I'll attempt to restore it from my local backup. With any luck, that'll work. Otherwise I'll have to get a drive mailed to me from Backblaze.

🚀 Here we go!

Portland, Oregon • 49°F

Fri, Oct 4, 2019 7:22am -07:00 #harddrive #backup

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- Vika fireburn.ru
  
  It looks like this post is rendered truncated in @swentel's Indigenous. Together renders it correctly.
  
  Sat, Oct 5, 2019 8:39am +03:00
- Vika fireburn.ru
  
  I envy people who have backups in place. I can't afford a backup drive 😭
  
  Sat, Oct 5, 2019 8:36am +03:00
- Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com
  
  Update: new drive is restoring from my local backup. Currently at 250gb out of 4tb after a few hours. Slow but steady progress.
  
  This is why I always have 3 copies of everything! I wouldn't want to be in a situation where my backup copy fails while restoring it to my main drive, leaving me with nothing.
  
  Fri, Oct 4, 2019 4:25pm -07:00
- fgtech micro.blog/fgtech
  
  @aaronpk Oof. Downtime stinks. Good luck with your live backup test! 🚨 This is not a drill! 🚨
  
  Fri, Oct 4, 2019 4:56pm +00:00
- Marty McGuire martymcgui.re
  
  😱
  
  Fri, Oct 4, 2019 11:36am -04:00

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