[Bug Infrastructure/29644] Offsite backup/system

[iank at fsf dot org]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29644

--- Comment #1 from iank at fsf dot org ---
mark at klomp dot org via Overseers <overseers@sourceware.org> writes:

> https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29644
>
>             Bug ID: 29644
>            Summary: Offsite backup/system
>            Product: sourceware
>            Version: unspecified
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: normal
>           Priority: P2
>          Component: Infrastructure
>           Assignee: overseers at sourceware dot org
>           Reporter: mark at klomp dot org
>   Target Milestone: ---
>
> Sourceware currently has a life backup system (running in the same rack as the
> main machine) that could take over the main server if it goes down. But we
> don't have a full offsite backup system (even though most project data is
> mirrored in various places).
>
> We should make a plan and budget for having a full system backup offsite. How
> much data changes per hour/day which needs to be stored offsite. And write up
> procedures for how to (re)create a life system from that in case of emergency.

At the FSF, we do nightly backups to a physical machine we run with all
free software including the bios, and monthly backups to tape that are
manually stored offline in a separate location for disaster recovery. I
bet we have plenty of storage room to backup sourcware's data too (how
much are we talking?). I presume it would make sense to allow the
sourceware servers to write and read backups, but not delete them
without a human being involved.

Note: I think the right term is "live system" instead of "life system".

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