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2017/01/31 23:00-ish: a) YP thinks that perhaps pg_basebackup is being super pedantic about there being an empty data directory, decides to remove the director
by tmnvix 10y ago
2017/01/31 23:00-ish:
a) YP thinks that perhaps pg_basebackup is being super pedantic about there being an empty data directory, decides to remove the directory. After a second or two he notices he ran it on db1.cluster.gitlab.com, instead of db2.cluster.gitlab.com
b) YP terminates the removal, but it’s too late. Of around 300 GB only about 4.5 GB is left
Nightmare material. Are there any known cases of DBAs or developers suffering a heart attack due to this sort of thing?
- abasdf 10y agoI worked next to someone who deleted 20-some terabytes of very important data that would have had a regional impact if the backups had failed. I'm pretty sure if it was one of our older database people, they would have dropped dead. They were visibly shaking.