:: 29-Aug-2003 23:58 GMT (Friday) ::
MattR was able to get the database online again, so I now have copies of the 3
tables. This means that no data should end up lost out of all of this.
There are 3 options we have right now. First, we can attempt to repair the
existing stats database. MattR’s attempting this right now. The second option
is to drop the existing database, restore from the July 12th backup, and bring
in the updated information. The third option is for us to cut-over to stats
running on PostgreSQL, which is 95% done right now.
I’m playing it a bit by ear before deciding which way to go. Going to
PostgreSQL is very tempting, since we’ll need to do it in the near future
anyway, but I don’t like the idea of going to production when it’s not complete
and hasn’t been beta-tested.
Whatever happens, stats definitely won’t be up until tomorrow afternoon at the
very earliest.