[SAC] wiki.osgeo.org configuration and backup

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

On 13-Dec-07, at 7:40 AM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:

> Indeed, currently the Peer1 tape backups will include everything on  
> osgeo2.
> My understanding from Jason is that file backups of Mysql databases
> are not to be trusted very much since they could be inconsistent at  
> the
> point they are copied to tape.
>
> Also, I would ideally like something more easily recovered from in  
> case
> something happens to the wiki database or if Peer1 becomes  
> inaccessible for
> a bit.

FWIW, PEER1 is no longer using tape.  They use a SANS approach that  
will greatly increase the ability to restore quickly.  Though it is  
still currently dependent upon having them help us do it.