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Re:Tarsnap outage (July 2-3, 2023) postmortem by mike_d on Thursday July 27, 2023 @02:02AM (#36889499)
This was an extremely well written and thoughtful postmortem, but I hope to never see one from you again. :)
Re:Tarsnap outage (July 2-3, 2023) postmortem by Tepix on Thursday July 27, 2023 @07:42AM (#36892037)
It was a postmortem without the mandatory "how can we prevent this in the future" steps…
Re:Tarsnap outage (July 2-3, 2023) postmortem by bluehatbrit on Thursday July 27, 2023 @08:39AM (#36892548)
I think that's a little unfair given what was in the postmortem. It may not be a separate section with the key points, but the information is all there of what the issues were and what the solutions are. I think it's fair to assume they're actually acting on those without them needing to be reiterated at the bottom of the page.
Re:Tarsnap outage (July 2-3, 2023) postmortem by acedTrex on Thursday July 27, 2023 @09:15AM (#36892951)
I agree, we don't really need a "key points/future actions" section that boils down to "The service will be geo redundant"
Re:Tarsnap outage (July 2-3, 2023) postmortem by Tepix on Thursday July 27, 2023 @11:58AM (#36895556)
Well, for sure he has fixed several bugs, but he didn't say that he would be testing his disaster recovery procedure every year in the future for example.
Re:Tarsnap outage (July 2-3, 2023) postmortem by cperciva on Thursday July 27, 2023 @12:21PM (#36895933)
Yes, rehearsing the process every year is the main lesson learned. Sorry, it was getting late and I wanted to get the email out so I cut it short.
Re:Tarsnap outage (July 2-3, 2023) postmortem by tptacek on Thursday July 27, 2023 @10:05AM (#36893730)
In 15+ years of running this service, this is one of two (2) postmortems he's ever published, and the first in eleven (yes, 11) years.