[Year 12 SofDev] Data loss and backup procedures at GitLab

[Tyler, Simon J]

Hi Everyone,

Here's an interesting story about the failure of backup procedures and data loss at GitLab - an open source GitHub competitor.

The Register 1st Feb 2017: GitLab.com melts down after wrong directory deleted, backups fail<https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/01/gitlab_data_loss/>
Also see the story in TechCrunch<https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/01/gitlab-suffers-major-backup-failure-after-data-deletion-incident/>

The Register 2nd Feb 2017: GitLab.com luckily found some of its lost data on a staging server<https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/02/gitlabcom_has_found_and_restored_from_an_accidental_backup/>

Simon
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Simon Tyler
Classroom Teacher
Footscray City College

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