Recovering from disk failure

[lynshi]

The Volumes · Fly Docs) documentation indicates that daily snapshots of volumes are taken. If there is a disk failure, what is the recovery process? Is the latest snapshot automatically mounted or does the user have to fix it manually?

Additionally, are there any alerts if a disk failure occurred? I don’t see anything in the Volumes section of the dashboard that might tell me if a disk failure had happened.

[ignoramous]

@lynshi

there is a disk failure, what is the recovery process? Is the latest snapshot automatically mounted or does the user have to fix it manually?

If, for some reason, the app instance (VM) hasn’t been auto-migrated (happens rarely), you’ve got 5 days to restore the snapshot yourself, from what I know. Ref this thread: Can't load site anymore - #2 by jerome

@lynshi

Additionally, are there any alerts if a disk failure occurred?

Don’t use volumes on Fly, so I can’t say for sure, but I agree there must be alerts for bogon hosts and lemon disks, if there aren’t already.