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Tarsnap outage postmortem

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Re: Tarsnap outage postmortem

#11

Post by GhostWhisperer »

switch007 wrote: post #4

Not to be that guy, but it’s unreadable either zoomed in or in reader mode either horizontal or landscape on iOS. Colin, could the website be updated to the 2010s? :P

edit:

i assumed the parent did not know how to do that, i tried locally and it seemed to work, but i did not pay attention to the text

original:

on the left side of the url input field you'll find "AA"(the first smaller then the seconds), tap that

then, near the bottom of the pop-up menu you'll have "Show Reader", tap that

if you're not happy with the text as displayed then, you can go back to the "AA" menu and change the options

Re: Tarsnap outage postmortem

#12

Post by mike_d »

cperciva wrote: post #3

blinks Ok, I really wasn't expecting this to land at the top of HN. I'd love to stick around to answer any questions people have, but it's 10PM and my toddler decided to go to bed at 5PM... so if I'm lucky I can get about 4 hours of sleep before she decides that it's time to get up. I'll check in and answer questions in the morning.

This was an extremely well written and thoughtful postmortem, but I hope to never see one from you again. :)

Re: Tarsnap outage postmortem

#14

Post by zokier »

Based on the description it sounds like it should be relatively easy to test this recovery process on a regular basis, to catch any lingering bugs and evaluate the recovery time. As they say, the only backups are the ones you have tested.

Re: Tarsnap outage postmortem

#15

Post by fhars »

GhostWhisperer wrote: post #11
switch007 wrote: post #4

Not to be that guy, but it’s unreadable either zoomed in or in reader mode either horizontal or landscape on iOS. Colin, could the website be updated to the 2010s? :P

edit: i assumed the parent did not know how to do that, i tried locally and it seemed to work, but i did not pay attention to the text original: on the left side of the url input field you'll find "AA"(the first smaller then the seconds), tap that then, near the bottom of the pop-up menu you'll have "Show Reader", tap that if you're not happy with the text as displayed then, you can go back to the "AA" menu and chang…

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Re: Tarsnap outage postmortem

#16

Post by switch007 »

ehPReth wrote: post #6
switch007 wrote: post #4

Not to be that guy, but it’s unreadable either zoomed in or in reader mode either horizontal or landscape on iOS. Colin, could the website be updated to the 2010s? :P

This should work in reader mode: https://pastebin.com/raw/hanm8mgG

Thanks!

Re: Tarsnap outage postmortem

#18

Post by switch007 »

memefrog wrote: post #7
switch007 wrote: post #4

Not to be that guy, but it’s unreadable either zoomed in or in reader mode either horizontal or landscape on iOS. Colin, could the website be updated to the 2010s? :P

It's a mailing list archive. Use a real computer.

How dare I use my phone before I get to my computer.

Re: Tarsnap outage postmortem

#20

Post by RockRobotRock »

GhostWhisperer wrote: post #19
RockRobotRock wrote: post #13

Aren't these storage prices absurd? Please let me know if I'm misunderstanding.

yes, people have been saying they should "charge more" for over a decade

Can you not be snide and please help me understand? It seems 50 times more expensive than B2. I'm genuinely curious about the product.
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