wwp@yahoogroups.com:
Re: Disaster! ...
Willy Kaemena 2012-Apr-02 07:44:00
R.I.P. WWP
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Willy Kaemena
On 02.04.2012, at 08:59, Pat Swovelin <#removed#> wrote:
> I don't know exactly what it was yet but something happened when I
> uploaded the 3 current events to the server a few minutes ago and it
> wiped out the databases on the server and then sent an instruction to
> the RAID backup unit to format itself. I almost threw up when I
> realized that everything, and I mean everything, is gone and
> unrecoverable. The only thing that wasn't wiped out are the WWP
> system's site files. This means that everyone will have to upload
> everything they're ever submitted to the WWP starting from day one. I
> have turned on a Special Late Editing for everyone for every event so
> you'll be able to get in without any problems. This Special Late
> Editing will stay on until everyone has notified me they've finished
> (please notify me off-list to keep the traffic down here). I've already
> started gathering all of my submissions and text from 6 different
> computers and a gaggle of hard drives.
>
> I'm _ver_y sorry this happened and apologize for the inconvenience.
>
> Pat Swovelin
> World Wide Panorama Event Coordinator
>
> Get out there and shoot some panoramas!
>
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