[1716] in SIPB-AFS-requests
Re: project.sipbsrc and the 4GB disk
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mhpower@MIT.EDU)
Thu Jan 19 21:38:08 1995
From: mhpower@MIT.EDU
To: ghudson@MIT.EDU
Cc: sipb-afsreq@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: "[1714] in SIPB-AFS-requests"
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 21:36:22 EST
> ... Marc has done a tar of project.sipbsrc.backup onto opus,
>and we will probably try to restore from that when he gets back.
Is there a reason this is preferable to restoring from the backup made
on Tuesday night (e.g., have there been a lot of changes to source
code since then)? The volume restore would preserve any special acls.
>I wasn't aware of these arrangements when we ordered the disk ...
I'd suggest asking Lorraine to call as soon as possible tomorrow
morning and try to cancel the new order (news disks) to R Squared.
>We have at least three options:
...
> 3. We can move the existing data off of the 4GB disk onto
> other disks (we can use up to 3GB of spare disk to do
> this),
This seems much less complicated, much less disruptive, and much
faster than the other options. Also, perhaps more importantly, door
number 3 was always my favorite on the game show "Let's Make a Deal".
Matt
