680x0's Journal: Steeds.com down

Not sure who (if anybody) knows to look here, but here's the scoop:

Due to a failing hard disk, I've had to shutdown suffolk.steeds.com until I can get home, run fsck, install new hard disk, and try recovering as much data as possible. Suffolk is the main server (mail and web) for the following domains:

• steeds.com
• ncaug.org
• staubly.net
• thesingz.com
• theaquinos.com
• expectingchanges.com

I apologize for the inconvenience, but I'd been pretty broke and was putting off buying a new HD for as long as possible.

Bummer...

[HPTiPete]

I hate having unhappy disk... I keep expecting our server downstairs to croak. Backup? What's that!

Re:Bummer...

[680x0]

Well, looks like I've managed to recover almost all the files, and put them on a nice new drive. I did have a week-old backup of some users' home directories (i.e. not the disk hogs, like Jenny and me), so if anyone notices a missing file or two, we should be covered.

While at the store, I also picked up a $119 DVD-/+RW drive (NEC), which I'm going to install on my main home machine (p4@1.8GHz, RH9). I can rsync from the server to this machine (maybe even daily), and burn to DVD occasionally (weekly? month

Re:Bummer...

[HPTiPete]

Prices are just going crazy...I remember when it cost $120 just for a regular CD-ROM, let alone a burner...