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Work nonsense reared it's ugly head yesterday. The Big Honking Remote Video Server barfed a few months ago and ate a bunch of our files. The operators claimed to have discovered which files got
hosed and we've dealt with the most important missing files. There's still a pile of little stuff which isn't important at the moment.
Until yesterday.
Hey! Guess what! They found another file that was missing! Lucky for us I logged into my work email on my day off and discovered the notice. I was able to remotely replace the file with something close enough to keep us on the air for the moment. I don't *mind* a little extra cash for the overtime but this is annoying. First of all - they never told us there was a server failure that ate our video files. They used sneaky language to kind of avoid telling us. It wasn't until I had to replace multiple files that I demanded to know what the heck was going on. They finally coughed up a explanation and after I bothered them some more they reluctantly gave us a list of missing files.
Apparently, those chuckleheads missed at least one.
When this system of remote video servers was introduced (I was in the Room Where It happen - but my objections and those of many engineers was ignored) I strongly suggested that we have local backups. Well, the bean counters nixed that idea although I've been keeping some backups informally. I got little support from our local engineers who either couldn't be bothered or were too busy keeping us generally on the air.
We've got new engineers now and I'm hoping to get some assistance on this. I'm also hoping that some of the other missing files are stashed away on other drives that I don't have immediate access to.
As I like to say, if you want to work in broadcasting there's something *wrong* with you.
hosed and we've dealt with the most important missing files. There's still a pile of little stuff which isn't important at the moment.
Until yesterday.
Hey! Guess what! They found another file that was missing! Lucky for us I logged into my work email on my day off and discovered the notice. I was able to remotely replace the file with something close enough to keep us on the air for the moment. I don't *mind* a little extra cash for the overtime but this is annoying. First of all - they never told us there was a server failure that ate our video files. They used sneaky language to kind of avoid telling us. It wasn't until I had to replace multiple files that I demanded to know what the heck was going on. They finally coughed up a explanation and after I bothered them some more they reluctantly gave us a list of missing files.
Apparently, those chuckleheads missed at least one.
When this system of remote video servers was introduced (I was in the Room Where It happen - but my objections and those of many engineers was ignored) I strongly suggested that we have local backups. Well, the bean counters nixed that idea although I've been keeping some backups informally. I got little support from our local engineers who either couldn't be bothered or were too busy keeping us generally on the air.
We've got new engineers now and I'm hoping to get some assistance on this. I'm also hoping that some of the other missing files are stashed away on other drives that I don't have immediate access to.
As I like to say, if you want to work in broadcasting there's something *wrong* with you.
