[R-wiki] Site down?

[Philippe Grosjean]

OK, here is the diagnostic: the server is physically damaged. I have 
backups of the R Wiki site, but we are looking for a replacement server. 
We are not likely to install it before tomorrow. Sorry for the 
inconvenience, we are doing our best to get a new server up and running 
as soon as possible.
Cheers,

Philippe Grosjean

Philippe Grosjean wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Indeed, the R Wiki server is down. I am away from my office (meetings), 
> but I just phone to the computer department in charge of the servers at 
> the University. They are currently looking at the problem.
> 
> To answer to legitimate Martin's questions:
>  >      - What happens if you are in vacation, sick,...
> 
> As I said, it is the computer staff of the University that is in charge 
> of the servers. But, they have to be warned of the problem before they 
> can do something about it. Perhaps should we install a system that pols 
> the Wiki server regularly and issues a warning automatically when 
> something happens? I cannot do this without discussion and acceptation 
> of the computer staff and authorities... which is a long and 
> administrative process!
> 
>  >      -  Who is your "substitute"?
> 
> Johan Debergues, Philippe Lievens, or the people in charge of the 
> servers at the University at the time the problem occurs (emails of 
> people is simply Name.FamilyName at umh.ac.be).
> 
>  >      - Is there a phone number for urgencies?
> 
> +32.65.37.34.97, which is the phone in my office, currently.
> 
>  >      - What are the emergency measures (and who is responsible) if
>  >        the machine crashes?  Backup / Substitute machine / ... ?
> 
> Regular (daily) backups of the Wiki content are made on another machine. 
> I am in charge of that backup, and of restoring the machine in case it 
> crashes. We currently have no other emergency measures. In particular, 
> we have no substitute machine installed currently.
> 
> We certainly could secure the R Wiki much better. I am open to any 
> suggestion on this point.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Philippe Grosjean
> 
> P.S.: Please, do warn me in case of problems: I am not working 24h/day 
> and 7d/week on the R Wiki. So, do not assume that I am aware of the 
> problem at the time you notice it! In particular, yesterday and today, I 
> am in meetings, which makes me less prone to notice the problem rapidly!
> 
> 
> Martin Maechler wrote:
>>>>>>> "Gregor" == Gregor Gorjanc <gregor.gorjanc at bfro.uni-lj.si>
>>>>>>>     on Tue, 7 Nov 2006 08:14:22 +0000 (UTC) writes:
>>     Gregor> Jeffrey Horner <jeff.horner <at> vanderbilt.edu> writes:
>>     >> 
>>     >> 
>>     >> Just curious. I tried getting to wiki.r-project.org earlier in the day, 
>>     >> and them someone on R-help mentioned that they also tried but couldn't 
>>     >> reach it.
>>     >> 
>>     >> Jeff
>>
>>     Gregor> Yep, I also can not reach it since sunday.
>>
>> Yikes!!
>>
>> So I guess, the reason is the now infamous  pan-European (slight
>> exaggeration) blackout that hit about millions of people in
>> Europe, and notably Belgium where the R-Wiki server is located.
>>
>> Gregor, did you do something about it, e.g.,
>> sending an urgent e-mail to Philippe Grosjean
>> (with a 'CC' to this list).
>>
>> BTW: Philippe, I think you should try to think about the
>>      following questions
>>
>>      - What happens if you are in vacation, sick,...
>>      -  Who is your "substitute"?
>>      - Is there a phone number for urgencies?
>>      - What are the emergency measures (and who is responsible) if
>>        the machine crashes?  Backup / Substitute machine / ... ?
>>
>> The R-Wiki is too important to leave such questions
>> unanswered.
>>
>>
>>
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