[Info-vax] Databases versus RMS

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/19/2012 9:25 AM, Paul Sture wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:11:02 -0400, JF Mezei wrote:
>> Having to buy a new disk array because SQL servers can't access the
>> files when the system manager can see them is puzzling. (and one wonders
>> how he will be able to move the databases to the new disk array).
>
> Lack of backups, or perhaps lack of testing that backups can be restored
> in a reasonable time frame?
>
> A forum I used to read went down for several days a few years ago, all as
> the result of MySQL running out of disk space.  The guy running the forum
> was technically knowledgeable, but he simply didn't have the in depth
> experience as a DBA to recover.  Fortunately a forum member who did have
> that in depth experience was available to help, and only a small amount
> of data was lost.
>
> Oh, the guy didn't have any tape backups because he "didn't trust tape
> backups".

I have hear similar stories a couple of times.

Setting up a xAMP and forum is so easy that everyone
can get it running in half an hour.

So everyone does ....

Arne