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Server cleanup at URMC renders 2.6M archived files useless

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Dissent

Patti Singer reports:

A mishap during routine server cleanup at the University of Rochester Medical Center several months ago has made it impossible for staff in the affected departments to open 2.6 million files.

The files were on a server used by finance, research and operations to archive documents that had not been used for at least six months. No patient files were affected, URMC officials said.

Read more on Democrat & Chronicle. And yes, spoiler alert: this is another human/insider error matter.


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