> There aren't that many scenarios which make a restoration time of weeks inevitable
IIRC everyone involved in restoring this is a volunteer doing this in a few free minutes here and there. I don't think they have any paid IT staff. In the first three months of 2026, the entire org (which is more than just Ao3) spent around $50K total for all costs, most of which is colocation/hardware expenses.
Point is that you can't extrapolate recovery times from the commercial sector to Ao3 recovery times.
IIRC everyone involved in restoring this is a volunteer doing this in a few free minutes here and there. I don't think they have any paid IT staff. In the first three months of 2026, the entire org (which is more than just Ao3) spent around $50K total for all costs, most of which is colocation/hardware expenses.
Point is that you can't extrapolate recovery times from the commercial sector to Ao3 recovery times.