Kyoto University in Japan lost approximately 77 TB of research data due to a 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.
For now, the process creationbackup has been interrupted. To prevent data loss again, the university has catslowback up and plans to implement improvements and bring it back up 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 holds the fourth place in the world, while he also contributes to biology, pharmacology, immunology, materials science and physics.
We were surprised by the news, as supercomputers cost several thousand dollars for each hour operation τους και για την διαφύλαξη των δεδομένων του σε backup ασχολείται όχι ένας, αλλά ομάδα από τεχνικούς υπολογιστών. Αν οι άνθρωποι αυτοί κάνουν τέτοια σημαντικά λάθη, τι να πουν οι απλοί χρήστες όταν χάνουν τις προσωπικές φωτογραφίες τους από έλλειψη backup.
