Ma.gnolia User Data Is Gone For Good 450
miller60 writes "The social bookmarking service Ma.gnolia reports that all its user data was irretrievably lost in the Jan. 30 database crash that knocked the service offline. Ma.gnolia founder Larry Halff recently discussed the crash and the lessons to be learned from Ma.gnolia's experience. A lesson for users: don't assume online services have lots of staff and servers, and always keep backup copies of your data. Ma.gnolia was a one-man operation running on two Mac OS X servers and four Mac minis."
Mac reliability (Score:5, Funny)
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And nothing of value was lost. (Score:1, Funny)
Couldn't resist.
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Macs (Score:2, Funny)
You shouldn't use shiny plastic ornaments for serious business.
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Finally! A privacy solution! (Score:5, Funny)
All right, let me get this straight: First you people bitch and moan when Facebook says they'll save user data forever. NOW you people bitch and moan when this site loses user data forever! You're never happy, are you?!?
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Who needs to back up? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Mac reliability (Score:5, Funny)
I want to say something here, but I get the feeling that no matter what I say, I just wont be herd.
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Re:lesson #1 (Score:3, Funny)
I love whens someone has a replicated DB as a "backup". I like to say okay.. "Drop table users". And then it dawns on them that the drop command would replicate.... ;)
Re:Who the hell is Ma.gnolia (Score:3, Funny)
At least if you had privacy concerns with them, you have nothing to worry about now.
Re:Finally! A privacy solution! (Score:5, Funny)
You have a 5 digit UID and you are just realizing this now?!?
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The guy wasn't totally retarded when it came to backups, just 80% retarded.
never go full retard.
Re:Mac reliability (Score:4, Funny)
(If you say windows mac volume, I'm mailing a dead fish to your house).
Why, so it will attract the penguins?
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Re:Mac reliability (Score:4, Funny)
and it comes with a free black turtleneck!