Το Πανεπιστήμιο του Κιότο στην Ιαπωνία έχασε περίπου 77 TB ερευνητικών δεδομένων εξαιτίας ενός errorto the Hewlett-Packard supercomputer backup system.
The incident occurred between 14 and 16 December 2021 and resulted in 34 million files from 14 research teams being deleted from the system and from the backup file.
After research to determine the effects of the loss, the university came to the conclusion that the work of four of the affected groups could no longer be restored.
All affected users have been notified via email of the incident, but no details have been posted on the type of job lost.
The backup process is currently stopped. To prevent data loss again, the university has abolished the backup system and plans to implement improvements and restore it in January 2022.
Kyoto University is considered one of the most important research institutes in Japan and enjoys the second largest scientific research investments from national grants.
His research work is particularly distinguished in the field of chemistry, where he ranks fourth worldwide, while he also contributes to biology, pharmacology, immunology, science of materials and physics.
We were surprised by the news, as supercomputers cost several thousand dollars for each hour modenot one person, but a team of computer technicians, is involved in safeguarding their data in a backup. If these people do such important things Mistakes, τι να πουν οι απλοί χρήστες όταν χάνουν τις προσωπικές photos them from lack of backup.
