[Info-vax] Decuserve.org - Anyone know why it's down?

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In article <m83ts2$a7d$1 at panix2.panix.com>, kludge at panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes:
>Simon Clubley  <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote:
>>
>>VSI are building a brand new computer room to support their operations
>>and Eisner is going to live in this new computer room.
>
>This is a good thing and they should be lauded for this.
>
>>However, it's become clear over the last few months that this construction
>>work is _far_ more involved than previously thought and Eisner was
>>transferred to VSI before the extent of this work became clear.
>
>Sometimes these things happen.  Easy jobs turn out to be difficult ones,
>and development projects bog down.
>
>However... an Alpha server is not like an 11/782, it's not all that 
>difficult to host in existing office space on an existing network 
>connection while waiting for the computer facility to be finished.

I said something similar weeks ago.  Plug it in in a corner until all of
the computer room issues have been addressed.



>Presumably there are full backups of Eisner which could be restored on
>some other Alpha somewhere else, if someone else is willing to do the
>hosting.  There are backups, right?  They do make regular backups?

Good question.  I have many Alphas here as well as storage.  However, the
question still remains unanswered, "Was EISNER backed up before its move?"

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