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Ma.gnolia User Data Is Gone For Good

Posted by kdawson on from the lost-in-the-clouds dept.

miller60 writes "The social bookmarking service Ma.gnolia reports that all its user data was irretrievably lost in the Jan. 30 database crash that knocked the service offline. Ma.gnolia founder Larry Halff recently discussed the crash and the lessons to be learned from Ma.gnolia's experience. A lesson for users: don't assume online services have lots of staff and servers, and always keep backup copies of your data. Ma.gnolia was a one-man operation running on two Mac OS X servers and four Mac minis."

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  1. Mac reliability by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Crashing Macs? That's unpossible!

    1. Re:Mac reliability by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      annd zunes were never cool. and no one has them...

    2. Re:Mac reliability by Idiomatick · · Score: 5, Funny

      In the same sense that horses and monkeys are JUST mammals. Doesn't mean that they share THAT much in common...

    3. Re:Mac reliability by neokushan · · Score: 4, Funny

      I want to say something here, but I get the feeling that no matter what I say, I just wont be herd.

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    4. Re:Mac reliability by idontgno · · Score: 4, Funny

      That'd be gnus to me.

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    5. Re:Mac reliability by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: 3, Funny

      (If you say windows mac volume, I'm mailing a dead fish to your house).

      Why, so it will attract the penguins?

    6. Re:Mac reliability by period3 · · Score: 4, Funny

      and it comes with a free black turtleneck!

  2. In other news by jetsci · · Score: 5, Funny

    Facebook was recently brought down when their hamster keeled over and ceased powering their Amiga.

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    1. Re:In other news by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Funny

      In that case, the death of Mr. Furry was a much greater loss than the data.

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    2. Re:In other news by jetsci · · Score: 2, Funny

      Flowers have been sent to Mrs. Furry.

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    3. Re:In other news by palegray.net · · Score: 5, Funny

      I think it's a tragedy that the first thing that came to mind reading your post involved a blood-spattered "furry" (as in a dude wearing some fluffy costume). The Internet has done terrible things to my mind.

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  3. And nothing of value was lost. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Couldn't resist.

  4. Macs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    You shouldn't use shiny plastic ornaments for serious business.

  5. Finally! A privacy solution! by Captain+Spam · · Score: 5, Funny

    All right, let me get this straight: First you people bitch and moan when Facebook says they'll save user data forever. NOW you people bitch and moan when this site loses user data forever! You're never happy, are you?!?

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  6. Re:lesson #1 by keytohwy · · Score: 2, Funny

    I thought lesson #1 was "don't get high on your on supply"

  7. Who needs to back up? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I just assume that the FBI or NSA have a back door into my server and are making copies of everything for me.

  8. Re:lesson #1 by QuantumRiff · · Score: 2, Funny

    I love whens someone has a replicated DB as a "backup". I like to say okay.. "Drop table users". And then it dawns on them that the drop command would replicate.... ;)

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  9. Re:Who the hell is Ma.gnolia by KDingo · · Score: 3, Funny

    At least if you had privacy concerns with them, you have nothing to worry about now.

  10. Re:Finally! A privacy solution! by chaim79 · · Score: 4, Funny

    You have a 5 digit UID and you are just realizing this now?!?

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  11. Re:Needless loss by Vorpix · · Score: 2, Funny

    The guy wasn't totally retarded when it came to backups, just 80% retarded.

    never go full retard.

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  12. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 3, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion