TPU Disaster Planning & Recovery

W1zzard · Apr 10, 2009

No that's not TPU, I just came across this image while researching and found it funny.

After the recent XS downtime drama I decided to look at our contingency plans in case something bad happens.

A single or multiple files lost from the FS (deleted / corrupted)
Hacker attack, all files deleted on front end
Hacker attack, all DBs deleted
Hacker attack, all files + backup files deleted
Hacker attack, all DB + backup DB deleted
Hacker attack, sensitive information (passwords) leaked
TPU front end web server fail (power, hardware, network)
TPU database server fail (power, hardware, network)
Softlayer Dallas Datacenter destroyed (where TPU DB and WWW servers are)
All Softlayer datacenters destroyed

Please post what else you could imagine can go wrong.

h3llb3nd4 · Apr 10, 2009

Geee W1zz is that where all our data is stored?? :twitch:

I would suggest backing up all data else where...eg. @ your house

Assassin48 · Apr 10, 2009

I guess some one could pee on it and short it out :laugh:

h3llb3nd4 · Apr 10, 2009

or use it as spider webs and act like spider man and pulls all cables out...

Assassin48 · Apr 10, 2009

Car comes through the wall and crashes the server :roll:

then you can say some car crashed my server!! :roll:

Mussels · Apr 10, 2009

a plane could crash into it. moths in the PSU's.

Some idiot flips the red switch on the PSU's.

All the senior mods die, leaving no one in charge.

replicators from stargate come and eat it.

Skynet takes over all your CPU time.

someone unplugs the cables?

DaMulta · Apr 10, 2009

W1zzard sold techPowerUp! for big $$$$. So that he could go live on his island that he is always dreaming, and talking about.

Assassin48 · Apr 10, 2009

or
You get downgraded to dial up!
you said hacker 4 times and you didnt say ninja!

Chicken_Pattys ninjas are every were! watch your back!

h3llb3nd4 · Apr 10, 2009

a nuke?
an enemy?

W1zzard · Apr 10, 2009

PLEASE look at the list I posted, everything you suggested so far is covered under those.

h3llb3nd4 · Apr 10, 2009

earthquake and the servers fall causing physical damage?
Extreme flooding?(not sure if these servers are underground)

DaMulta · Apr 10, 2009

A Hurricane hits Dallas and knocks everything offline.

BP Oil was really scared of this happening last year.

DaMulta · Apr 10, 2009

My dad is a Tree Network Support Engineer(I guess you could call it that, they call him when anything fails across the globe). If you would like I could ask him if he could make a real list of things that could happen....

W1zzard · Apr 10, 2009

DaMulta said:
My dad is a Tree Network Support Engineer(I guess you could call it that, they call him when anything fails across the globe). If you would like I could ask him if he could make a real list of things that could happen....

would appreciate that. a high-level list is fine.

something like "datacenter destroyed" covers "earthquake, flood, tornado, terrorists, volcano"

h3llb3nd4 · Apr 10, 2009

ahh sorry

~~terrirost attack?~~ again datacentre destroyed...

n-ster · Apr 10, 2009

A beaver (or any other animal) eats the cables

W1zzard · Apr 10, 2009

n-ster said:
A beaver (or any other animal) eats the cables

no they won't let small animals without security badge into the datacentre

h3llb3nd4 · Apr 10, 2009

a mouse? you can't catch that easily...

W1zzard · Apr 10, 2009

h3llb3nd4 said:
a mouse? you can't catch that easily...

only when connected to computers. belongs into "server fail (power, hardware, network)" anyway

crazy pyro · Apr 10, 2009

Big ass hurricane cutting off the internet or power supply to the data center. Some type of disease spreads like wildfire through Dallas killing all the workers at the data center.
Someone cuts some of the MASSIVE fibre optic cables under the sea so the mod team can't reach it, except for 2 or 3 of the US ones.

ShadowFold · Apr 10, 2009

What if Intel paid you to move the servers to their SSD's?

W1zzard · Apr 10, 2009

ShadowFold said:
What if Intel paid you to move the servers to their SSD's?

no thanks. they can give us server hardware instead

DaMulta · Apr 10, 2009

W1zzard said:
would appreciate that. a high-level list is fine.

something like "datacenter destroyed" covers "earthquake, flood, tornado, terrorists, volcano"

ROFL a mirror redundant system in another location for solve all of those issues :toast:

W1zzard · Apr 10, 2009

DaMulta said:
ROFL a mirror redundant system in another location for solve all of those issues

yes, i'm looking for a list of issues now. then i will check what is doable with a reasonable budget

Mussels · Apr 10, 2009

W1zzard said:
would appreciate that. a high-level list is fine.

something like "datacenter destroyed" covers "earthquake, flood, tornado, terrorists, volcano"

the datacenter doesnt pay its electric bill and it gets turned off.

XS staff sneak in and OC it and it becomes unstable...

Processor	Ryzen 7 5700X
Memory	48 GB
Video Card(s)	RTX 4080
Storage	2x HDD RAID 1, 3x M.2 NVMe
Display(s)	30" 2560x1600 + 19" 1280x1024
Software	Windows 10 64-bit

System Name	My mobo is Laughing at me
Processor	E7400
Motherboard	P5KPL-E Bios flashed to 0601 (Piece of poo!!)
Cooling	Thermalright Ultra 120a
Memory	GENERIC 2 GB DDR2 800
Video Card(s)	NONE!! Beat that!!
Storage	500GB SAMSUNG SATAII, 250GB SAMSUNG SATAII and o'l crappy 4gb maxtor
Display(s)	ACER X223W Q
Case	AEROCOOL ZERODEGREE (planning to mod)
Audio Device(s)	REALTEK ONBOARD
Power Supply	GIGABYTE 460W
Software	Win 7 x86 build 7022
Benchmark Scores	Super Pi 1m 17.000 :(

Processor	???
Motherboard	760
Cooling	HK
Memory	3x1gb
Video Card(s)	285 Classified / EVGA 480
Display(s)	22" Acer /42" Toshiba
Case	Stacker
Power Supply	Toughpower 1000w / Coolmaster 650w
Software	All of them

System Name	My mobo is Laughing at me
Processor	E7400
Motherboard	P5KPL-E Bios flashed to 0601 (Piece of poo!!)
Cooling	Thermalright Ultra 120a
Memory	GENERIC 2 GB DDR2 800
Video Card(s)	NONE!! Beat that!!
Storage	500GB SAMSUNG SATAII, 250GB SAMSUNG SATAII and o'l crappy 4gb maxtor
Display(s)	ACER X223W Q
Case	AEROCOOL ZERODEGREE (planning to mod)
Audio Device(s)	REALTEK ONBOARD
Power Supply	GIGABYTE 460W
Software	Win 7 x86 build 7022
Benchmark Scores	Super Pi 1m 17.000 :(

Processor	???
Motherboard	760
Cooling	HK
Memory	3x1gb
Video Card(s)	285 Classified / EVGA 480
Display(s)	22" Acer /42" Toshiba
Case	Stacker
Power Supply	Toughpower 1000w / Coolmaster 650w
Software	All of them

System Name	Rainbow Sparkles (Power efficient, <350W gaming load)
Processor	Ryzen R7 5800x3D (Undervolted, 4.45GHz all core)
Motherboard	Asus x570-F (BIOS Modded)
Cooling	Alphacool Apex UV - Alphacool Eisblock XPX Aurora + EK Quantum ARGB 3090 w/ active backplate
Memory	2x32GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance RGB @3866 C18-22-22-22-42 TRFC704 (1.4V Hynix MJR - SoC 1.15V)
Video Card(s)	Galax RTX 3090 SG 24GB: Underclocked to 1700Mhz 0.750v (375W down to 250W))
Storage	2TB WD SN850 NVME + 1TB Sasmsung 970 Pro NVME + 1TB Intel 6000P NVME USB 3.2
Display(s)	Phillips 32 32M1N5800A (4k144), LG 32" (4K60) \| Gigabyte G32QC (2k165) \| Phillips 328m6fjrmb (2K144)
Case	Fractal Design R6
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G560 \| Corsair Void pro RGB \|Blue Yeti mic
Power Supply	Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY)
Mouse	Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps)
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S + Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware!
Benchmark Scores	Nyooom.

System Name	Work in progress
Processor	AMD 955---4Ghz
Motherboard	MSi GD70
Cooling	OcZ Phase/water
Memory	Crucial2GB kit (1GBx2), Ballistix 240-pin DIMM, DDR3 PC3-16000
Video Card(s)	CrossfireX 2 X HD 4890 1GB OCed to 1000Mhz
Storage	SSD 64GB
Display(s)	Envision 24'' 1920x1200
Case	Using the desk ATM
Audio Device(s)	Sucky onboard for now :(
Power Supply	1000W TruePower Quattro

System Name	Homelabs
Processor	Ryzen 5900x \| Ryzen 1920X
Motherboard	Asus ProArt x570 Creator \| AsRock X399 fatal1ty gaming
Cooling	Silent Loop 2 280mm \| Dark Rock Pro TR4
Memory	128GB (4x32gb) DDR4 3600Mhz \| 128GB (8x16GB) DDR4 2933Mhz
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 3080 \| ASUS Strix GTX 970
Storage	Optane 900p + NVMe \| Optane 900p + 8TB SATA SSDs + 48TB HDDs
Display(s)	Alienware AW3423dw QD-OLED \| HP Omen 32 1440p
Case	be quiet! Dark Base Pro 900 rev 2 \| be quiet! Silent Base 800
Power Supply	Corsair RM750x + sleeved cables\| EVGA P2 750W
Mouse	Razer Viper Ultimate (still has buttons on the right side, crucial as I'm a southpaw)
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman Elite, Pro Type \| Logitech G915 TKL

Processor	Intel Core i5 3570K
Motherboard	MSI H61m-P31/w8
Cooling	Stock
Memory	2*8GB DDR3
Video Card(s)	XFX HD7850
Case	Coolermaster Elite 330
Audio Device(s)	Realtek HD audio
Power Supply	Corsair RM650
Software	Windows 10

System Name	The ShadowFold Draconis (Ordering soon)
Processor	AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 2.8ghz
Motherboard	ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD 870
Cooling	Stock
Memory	Kingston ValueRAM 4GB DDR3-1333
Video Card(s)	XFX ATi Radeon HD 5850 1gb
Storage	Western Digital 640gb
Display(s)	Acer 21.5" 5ms Full HD 1920x1080P
Case	Antec Nine-Hundred
Audio Device(s)	Onboard + Creative "Fatal1ty" Headset
Power Supply	Antec Earthwatts 650w
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Benchmark Scores	-❶-❸-❸-❼-

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