[Info-vax] Decuserve.org - Anyone know why it's down?
David Froble
davef at tsoft-inc.com
Thu Jan 1 19:33:04 EST 2015
VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> 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?"
>
Well, if not, how hard is it to plug it in and do the backup?
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