On Monday, May 19, 2014 15:40:05 Jim Harris wrote: > I ran into a situation whereby a server was not well maintained and > contains some critical scientific information for someone I know. It has > not been properly maintained since the system was put together using very > talented computer people at the time, but have since moved on to other > things. It is running Debian 5 and has not been upgraded since that time. > We checked the archives, however they seem to be closed at this time. > Would you say this person is “screwed” in that they cannot upgrade to the > latest version? If it can be saved, what would be a suggestion? Thank > you. > > > Jim Harris, CAPM > Research Coordinator > Bioreactor Group, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine > University of Pittsburgh; 3025 East Carson Street, Pittsburgh PA 15203 USA > phn +1- 412.383.7460 fax +1- 412.383.9460 > Hi Jim, I would suggest identifying an backing up the scientific data. I would suggest putting a backuo program in place and auditing the backups to make sure that all the scientific data is backed up. Only then would I think about upgrading.
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