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Originally Posted by rowan
Just sidetracking for a moment, and this has nothing specifically to do with Techiemedia...
How many of you have complete backups - or at least enough to get you going again - to recover from a catastrophic event such as fire physically destroying your server, or an extended outage?
Or something similarly devastating such as a host quietly going out of biz, and by the time you hear of it your server has been trucked off to who knows where to have its HD erased and given to a new customer?
(And if you have no backups - then something as simple as a HD failure could completely wipe you out...
Just something to think about.  |
Great post!!! Finally! At the very least you should have a backup of all your sites locally! Hard drive failures happen on a regular basis. If you do not have a redundancy plan in place, or are not paying for backups, you should have something locally in place.
Additionally, when you are shopping for hosting look into the technical aspects of the companies you are considering. How redundant are they???
Do they have redundant connectivity into their facilities?
What providers do they offer?
Do they have an adequate power backup plan in place?
Do they have redundant power circuits?
Consider ordering an additional power supply with your server
Inquire as to their network architecture (this should be readily available)
What tier is the facility rates? Tier 1-5 (5 being the highest level datacenter)
Do they have more than one datacenter location?
Tour the facilities!
How long have they been in business?
These are just a few things you should be asking (off the top of my head) when selecting a good host. Mind you I am not bashing techie, I think they are a very reputable company that care for their clients immensely. I'm sure they will post shortly as to what is happening, and a cure. This post is intended to stress the face that when choosing a hosting company, the lowest price is not always the best choice & backup backup backup!
IMHO