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about: class="active"
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< div class ="page-header ">
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- < h1 > About < small > We' re an open book</ small > </ h1 >
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+ < h1 > About < small > We’ re an open book</ small > </ h1 >
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</ div >
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< h2 id ="backups ">
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Nightly backups
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monolithic backups are kept at all times, in addition to some
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historical backups that are encrypted and stored on separate
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servers. The nightly, individual backups are available at
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- < code > /mit/sql/backup/</ code > . The previous day' s backup is also
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+ < code > /mit/sql/backup/</ code > . The previous day’ s backup is also
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available upon request.
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</ p >
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< h2 id ="software ">
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Software stack
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</ h2 >
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< p >
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- sql.mit.edu currently runs the community edition of MySQL. We'll be
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- upgrading to MariaDB, the newest version of the community-supported
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- MySQL, when the servers are upgraded
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+ sql.mit.edu currently runs the community edition of
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+ MySQL. We’ll be upgrading to MariaDB, the newest version of
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+ the community-supported MySQL, when the servers are upgraded
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from < a href ="http://www.debian.org/ "> Debian</ a > 6.0 (squeeze) to
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Debian 7.0 (wheezy). The servers run the latest version
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of < a href ="http://debathena.mit.edu/ "> Debathena</ a > to integrate
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written in HTML and Javascript.
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</ p >
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< p >
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- Unlike most web applications at MIT, you can' t log into sql.mit.edu
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- with a certificate. Instead, we
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+ Unlike most web applications at MIT, you can’ t log into
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+ sql.mit.edu with a certificate. Instead, we
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use < a href ="https://webathena.mit.edu/ "> Webathena</ a > , a web-based
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implementation
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of < a href ="http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/ "> Kerberos</ a > . Our servers
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never learn your password. In fact, your password never leaves your
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- browser. Since the password isn't sent to the server, there's no
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- session to log in and out of—it's all in your browser.
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+ browser. Since the password isn’t sent to the server,
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+ there’s no session to log in and out of—it’s all
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</ p >
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< h2 id ="specs ">
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Server specifications
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Access and limitations
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< p >
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- Unlike most database providers, sql.mit.edu doesn' t have any
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+ Unlike most database providers, sql.mit.edu doesn’ t have any
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restrictions on what client is used. However, since sql.mit.edu is
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available to the entire MIT community, there is currently a 100
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- megabyte quota for all accounts. If you exceed this quota, you'll be
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- unable to make more databases, and the nightly backup will skip your
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- account for the individual backups. < a href ="/contact/ "> Contact
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- us</ a > to request a quota increase.
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+ megabyte quota for all accounts. If you exceed this quota,
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+ you’ll be unable to make more databases, and the nightly
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+ backup will skip your account for the individual
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</ p >
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