# Skunk? Did you do this? ver. IT Blunder **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 20, 2007, 7:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skunk-did-you-do-this-ver-it-blunder/26147 "2007-03-20T07:59:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 7:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skunk-did-you-do-this-ver-it-blunder/26147/1 "2007-03-20T07:59:17Z")
> **[Oops! Techie wipes out $38 billion fund](http://www.nbcnews.com/id/17702021/from/ET/)** > > While doing routine maintenance work, a technician accidentally deleted applicant information for an oil-funded account — one of Alaska residents’ biggest perks — and mistakenly reformatted the backup drive, as well. lol lol :bloated: I keeeeddd, but man, does that suck. ---
**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 8:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skunk-did-you-do-this-ver-it-blunder/26147/2 "2007-03-20T08:01:38Z")
man you guys are ruthless. it’s like no one else ever did something stupid they regretted :bloated: …but i like how the backup tapes were unreadable. that’s a kick in the balls like never before, hahaha ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 8:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skunk-did-you-do-this-ver-it-blunder/26147/3 "2007-03-20T08:20:07Z")
If you think about it though, not many place test their DR plan. How can they, most places that run some or all 24/7 shit have no time to do such things regardless of how much sense it makes. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![SkunkApe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skunkape/32/7575_2.png) [@SkunkApe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SkunkApe)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skunk-did-you-do-this-ver-it-blunder/26147/4 "2007-03-20T08:22:33Z")
:snky: oops ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 9:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skunk-did-you-do-this-ver-it-blunder/26147/5 "2007-03-20T09:25:25Z")
[quote=“sureshot!,post:2,topic:26147"”] man you guys are ruthless. it’s like no one else ever did something stupid they regretted :bloated: …but i like how the backup tapes were unreadable. that’s a kick in the balls like never before, hahaha [/quote] umm thats more than stupid right there ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 9:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skunk-did-you-do-this-ver-it-blunder/26147/6 "2007-03-20T09:32:41Z")
[quote=“sureshot!,post:2,topic:26147"”] man you guys are ruthless. it’s like no one else ever did something stupid they regretted :bloated: …but i like how the backup tapes were unreadable. that’s a kick in the balls like never before, hahaha [/quote] 1. formatted drive 2. formatted back up… thats not regretful, thats just stupidity. 38 Billion, is way way too much to just have an oops > Overview > Alaska is the only state that does not collect state sales tax or levy an individual income tax. To finance state operations, Alaska depends primarily on petroleum revenues. Some of its cities and other local jurisdictions, however, do collect sales tax revenue. More on Alaska taxes can be found in the tabbed pages below. LOL, alaska is getting fucked too ---
**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 9:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skunk-did-you-do-this-ver-it-blunder/26147/7 "2007-03-20T09:33:51Z")
[quote=“ILCisDEAD,post:6,topic:26147"”] 1. formatted drive 2. formatted back up… thats not regretful, thats just stupidity [/quote] haha i was defending my \<3 skunk. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skunk-did-you-do-this-ver-it-blunder/26147/8 "2007-03-20T10:03:30Z")
nice ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 10:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skunk-did-you-do-this-ver-it-blunder/26147/9 "2007-03-20T10:25:35Z")
Wow, stupid to not have an off site backup. Or let alone a working off site backup that couldn’t be formatted. I would think 38 billion would be worth a little bit more $$ to some people… ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 11:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skunk-did-you-do-this-ver-it-blunder/26147/10 "2007-03-20T11:06:30Z")
this is why glorified IT guys should not work on DR. hire someone that knows what they are doing. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 11:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skunk-did-you-do-this-ver-it-blunder/26147/11 "2007-03-20T11:08:07Z")
With that kind of money on the line they should have looked into better data recovery options lol ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skunk-did-you-do-this-ver-it-blunder/26147/12 "2007-03-20T11:54:22Z")
[quote=“FormulaLS1,post:11,topic:26147"”] With that kind of money on the line they should have looked into better data recovery options lol [/quote] Bingo, they figure they are going to lose 200k on it, I wonder if thats a gut-check for any other accounts they have. ---
**Author:** ![SkunkApe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skunkape/32/7575_2.png) [@SkunkApe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SkunkApe)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skunk-did-you-do-this-ver-it-blunder/26147/13 "2007-03-20T11:55:31Z")
[quote=“sureshot!,post:7,topic:26147"”] haha i was defending my \<3 skunk. [/quote] \<3 ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skunk-did-you-do-this-ver-it-blunder/26147/14 "2007-03-20T12:29:38Z")
haha fucking tard… That’s ok, plenty of our engineers are so afraid of losing IP that they refuse to allow any of their data on the servers for fear someone is going to steal their shit. Nevermind the fact someone could pickup their desktop, or their stack of backup cd’s and walk away, or \computer\c$ :bloated: People are way too careless on computers, everyone thinks there is going to be some magic fix for everything no matter how bad they fuck up 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skunk-did-you-do-this-ver-it-blunder/26147/15 "2007-03-20T12:36:11Z")
correct me if I’m wrong, but wouldnt a raid setup had prevented this? ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skunk-did-you-do-this-ver-it-blunder/26147/16 "2007-03-20T12:41:56Z")
No Raid setups protect against hardware failure…If you delete something and its striped/mirrored across 3 drives…its still going to be gone. ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 12:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skunk-did-you-do-this-ver-it-blunder/26147/17 "2007-03-20T12:46:04Z")
[quote=“Dr.Stevil,post:15,topic:26147"”] correct me if I’m wrong, but wouldnt a raid setup had prevented this? [/quote] That is one benefit of a raid setup yes, it all depends on what type of raid backup they had. Or hell maybe somehow they did have it setup and he formatted the backups. Who knows, it doesn’t mention if the backup drive was in a raid array or if it was an off site backup brought in. I just want to know if the guy will keep his job doh! ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skunk-did-you-do-this-ver-it-blunder/26147/18 "2007-03-20T12:47:38Z")
> [@Source](#): > > And the only backup was the paperwork itself — stored in more than 300 cardboard boxes. Wow that sucks balls! ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skunk-did-you-do-this-ver-it-blunder/26147/19 "2007-03-20T12:53:16Z")
RAID is NOT a back up method. RAID protects from hardware failure and can also increase read/write speed. If you format your Raid 1 setup(Mirroring)…your data is gone from both drives. RAID setups save you(depending on what level of RAID your running) when a hard drive physical dies. ---
**Author:** ![SkunkApe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skunkape/32/7575_2.png) [@SkunkApe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SkunkApe)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skunk-did-you-do-this-ver-it-blunder/26147/20 "2007-03-20T12:56:39Z")
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