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Until 2018 at least it was ... wait for it ... a single server! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18496344 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18496344 (A

by jsty 6y ago

Until 2018 at least it was ... wait for it ... a single server! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18496344 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18496344 (Anyone know if that's still the case?)

dang 6y ago
One production server and one failover (in the same data center, obviously).
- betamaxthetape 6y ago
  I assume there are off-site backups, though? Asking as someone who was impacted by the OVH fire last week, and I didn't have recent backups and therefore lost data.
  - ghotli 6y ago
    I've been waiting to see a comment like this somewhere. Just a hugops from the internet and a reminder to all who see this to get your backups fire-proof and off-site.
  - dang 6y ago
    Yes, we've got a good backup system thanks to the greatly-missed sctb. Sorry to hear that, that sucks.