I lost my original python code that I've been working on for months, it's packed into an .exe using PyInstaller and that's all I have. I tried this: Exe to python with pyinstaller? I was able to...

I want to optimize my usage of HBase for faster writes. I have a task which reads from a Kafka topic then write to HBase based on that. Since Kafka will have a log of everything to be written, it's...

This is one of the biggest problems for cognito as there doesnt seem to be a direct way to have cross region replication for disaster recovery. Has anyone found a work around for having cognito use...

Following to the solution mentioned here kafka-mirror-maker-failing-to-replicate-consumer-offset-topic. I was able to start mirror maker without any error across DC1(Live Kafka cluster) and DC2(Bac...

My developer committed a huge mistake and we cannot find our mongo database anyone in the server. Rescue please!!! He logged into the server, and saved the following shell under ~/crontab/mongod_b...

Assume that the following MySQL files have been restored from a backup tape: tablename.frm tablename.ibd Furthermore, assume that the MySQL installation was running with innodb_file_per_table a...

We outgrew the disc space on our server some time ago, so I made the decision to move the majority of our user generated content onto Amazon S3. Obvious benefits in saving space, reducing bandwidth...

I need to write a program that performs a parallel search in a large space of possible states, with new areas being discovered (and their exploration started) in the process, and exploration of som...

What is the difference between what CloudBees calls a region-specific deployment and what they (and Amazon) call an availability zone? From what I can tell, CloudBees allows you to deploy in 1 of ...

How do you configure Apache Cassandra to allow for disaster recovery, to allow for one of two data-centres to fail? The DataStax documentation talks about using a replication strategy that ensures...

Problem: how to provide a distributed, scalable and disaster resistant pub/sub service with WCF. Details: Note that this approach is being considered in addition to messaging/middleware solutions...

I didn't realize svn delete would delete my local copy, I just wanted it out of the repository. Now all my files are gone, and they aren't in the trash bin either. Is there any way I can recover th...

We have implemented log shipping as a database disaster recovery solution and want to know if there is a way I can use T-SQL to script all the logins, users, roles permissions etc to the master dat...

I have a Windows box which has taken it into it's head to delete most of a Git repository (must have tripped the Important Work Detector ;). All I have left (that I can find) is the objects. I'm no...

A very important database has gone corrupt that was sitting on server at a shared web host, and I didn't back up. The table contains a large list of very important email addresses. I can get ...

What's the difference between failover and disaster recovery?