Dallas cops lost 8TB of criminal case data during bungled migration, says the DA... four months later - The Register

16    17 Aug 2021 13:26 by u/Dacquoise

5 comments

2 u/3putt 17 Aug 2021 14:26
> The migration, which took place between 31 March and 5 April, actually destroyed 22TB of data. 14TB were recovered, presumably from backups, but "approximately 8 Terabytes remain missing and are believed to be unrecoverable." Imagine fucking up a drag and drop from one drive to another.
2 u/migrationExpertThrowaway 17 Aug 2021 14:54
Former migration expert here: - Most likely it's not a drag and drop, you'll have a different database for both the source (legacy) and target applications. Both of which will usually have a different structure or schema - It's still retarded because your backups should cover all the data you need should something go wrong - They probably paid third world subcontractors to do it, which is why it went tits up Also why are you all still on ruqqus? It's no longer a free speech site. Sort your lives out.
1 u/3putt 17 Aug 2021 15:05
> drag and drop I was joking, but your bring up some good points :D
1 u/DarthHelmet 17 Aug 2021 17:33
Sure, it's not *really* drag and drop, but... It should've had a plan, with validations of backups, and secondary backups, and migration to a new system without fucking deleting the old before it's validated. Enterprises do this every day.
1 u/TeaPartyLee 17 Aug 2021 22:14
Competence is illegal.