>>1vuio0+(OP)
I was surprised they only had one backup server, especially given the competitive price of rackmount hardware these days. More replicas needed.
Although this was a fun exercise to learn how lost I feel without HN. Damn.
>>metada+7e
One backup server is apparently sufficient, given the primary held up for 4.5 years. The issue was correlation between the primary and the spare which wouldn't have been solved by more replicas anyway.