Data loss on jonaize.com

on Tuesday July 11, 2006 0104h by Jonathan
in Blog, IT, Jonaize

At about 2am Singapore time today (10th July 05), the finals of the Fifa World Cup kicked off. Moments before that, my web host emailed to tell me that they, in essense, lost ALL data as a result of some complications in their hardware.

Thus you can see that my blog’s layout and skin isn’t what it used to be. Some (internal) services on jonaize.com are down for the forseable future and I’ve lost data of relative importance on the server which I had yet to backup on my computer. Worse of all, cBoard tags were lost.

If you’re a cBoard user, you’d prob. have heard this a couple of times already. I’m extremely sorry for the mishap. Aparently not all users got the email I pushed out (prob. due to a cranky mail server), so I’ll replicate it below for those who didn’t receive it.

======== cBoard Data Loss ========

Dear cBoard user,

I regret to inform you that the server that cBoard was hosted on experienced some difficulties and encountered Hard Drive errors that not even a RAID-10 was able to recover from (or so says my webhost). As a result, they lost all data and with it, cBoard tags.

I’m not pinning the blame on them as it is actually my responsibility as a service provider to make backups myself, instead of relying solely on my webhost. In that aspect I have faltered, and for that I offer my sincere apologies. The last full backup of cBoard was done on the 25th of December 2005. Your account details, however, were backed up about a week ago and have been restored accordingly.

What this basically means is that your tags are now about 7 months old. In light of the extreme age of the tags, I’ve left all cBoards empty. I completely understand if you have lost faith in cBoard, and if you wish to discontinue using this free service, simply drop me a line.

Nonetheless, life must go on and cBoard will still be offered free for those who wish to continue. God only knows how much I wish I could go back in time just a few days and do a complete backup of my data. But alas, that is not possible. Such is the price I pay for overconfidence.

A good friend reminded me, “Once bitten, twice shy”. And yes, we all must learn from our mistakes. From this day forth, cBoard tags will be backed up weekly (at the very least).

Once again, my sincere apologies for the loss and inconvenience. It is one that you should not have to bear. I do however, look forward to your continued support, should you find it in your heart to do so.

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Comments

2 Responses to “Data loss on jonaize.com”

ju on July 19th, 2006 9:07 am

good excuse to do spring cleaning what…
Jonathan Samraj on July 19th, 2006 10:05 pm

haha.. I know, now my server is damn empty lah.. haha..