Why do so many people fail to properly back up their sites? - GoFuckYourself.com

CDSmith · 02-03-2010, 03:27 PM

This is your business we're talking about, isn't it worth keeping it backed up on your own hard drive?

I have always had every page and site I've ever done mirrored EXACTLY on my hard drive,

AND burned on DVD's at least a couple of times a year

AND backed up on an external drive.

Overkill? Maybe, but the one thing you'll never see me doing is crying because my sites got deleted off a server, by accident or otherwise.

You guys who edit pages and then delete them off your computer after FTPing are nuts. When my FTP connects everything looks the same on the left as it does on the right. ie: BACKED UP.

Your funeral if you don't listen.

Domain Broker · 02-03-2010, 03:32 PM

I agree, I back up to multiple places quite often.

MrBottomTooth · 02-03-2010, 03:50 PM

I think most people run into problems when they are running sites that require databases, etc. Wordpress for example. They lose the database and basically have to start over from scratch if they never bothered to back them up off the server.

I admit I am guilty of not backing up shit off my server often enough.

luv$ · 02-03-2010, 03:52 PM

Lesson learned for sure. MrBottomTooth hit the nail on the head for me, the primary loss was db's.

I just find it hard sometimes to keep on top of everything going on. It's in those moments when you try to do business only with people you know you can trust.

I thought I could trust TM.

Amputate Your Head · 02-03-2010, 03:52 PM

What are these "backups" you speak of?

madawgz · 02-03-2010, 03:55 PM

a friend of mine had a HD crash and lost all his files, he had over 100,000 visitors from google a day...now he has to build it back up :\

CyberHustler · 02-03-2010, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by madawgz

a friend of mine had a HD crash and lost all his files, he had over 100,000 visitors from google a day...now he has to build it back up :\

Sucks for him...

DollarKing · 02-03-2010, 04:05 PM

Tedious issue having to back up stuff i know i like to think i can trust my host to fufill that task and touch wood so far it's been a easy ride.

sandman! · 02-03-2010, 04:07 PM

whats a backup ?

rowan · 02-03-2010, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by DollarKing

Tedious issue having to back up stuff i know i like to think i can trust my host to fufill that task and touch wood so far it's been a easy ride.

Bad idea to trust your host, even if they're competent (how many hosts have suddenly found a backup doesn't work when a customer's HD crashes?) factors beyond their control, such as a fire or earthquake, could still result in you losing everything. Backups should always be in a different location.

Cyber Fucker · 02-03-2010, 04:11 PM

Sometimes it's laziness. Sometimes it's hosting company fault.

CunningStunt · 02-03-2010, 04:23 PM

I go with the: RAID / Hosting Company backups / Regular Offsite backups route.

Been burned in the past, tough lesson learnt.

DollarKing · 02-03-2010, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by rowan

Bad idea to trust your host, even if they're competent (how many hosts have suddenly found a backup doesn't work when a customer's HD crashes?) factors beyond their control, such as a fire or earthquake, could still result in you losing everything. Backups should always be in a different location.

Taking my chances for the present like a lot of things in life there is risk involved!

02-03-2010, 03:27 PM	#1
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madawgz 8.8.8.8 Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Noordermarkt Posts: 30,509	a friend of mine had a HD crash and lost all his files, he had over 100,000 visitors from google a day...now he has to build it back up :\ __________________ TAEMDLRMSKRJIXMRLSMRJ.

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Cyber Fucker Hmm Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: On an endless road around the world for rock and roll. Posts: 12,642	Sometimes it's laziness. Sometimes it's hosting company fault. __________________

02-03-2010, 03:32 PM	#2
Domain Broker So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,427	I agree, I back up to multiple places quite often.

02-03-2010, 03:50 PM	#3
MrBottomTooth Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 5,795	I think most people run into problems when they are running sites that require databases, etc. Wordpress for example. They lose the database and basically have to start over from scratch if they never bothered to back them up off the server. I admit I am guilty of not backing up shit off my server often enough.

02-03-2010, 03:52 PM	#5
Amputate Your Head There can be only one Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Somewhere else Posts: 39,075	What are these "backups" you speak of?

02-03-2010, 04:05 PM	#8
DollarKing Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 526	Tedious issue having to back up stuff i know i like to think i can trust my host to fufill that task and touch wood so far it's been a easy ride.

02-03-2010, 04:23 PM	#12
CunningStunt Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,594	I go with the: RAID / Hosting Company backups / Regular Offsite backups route. Been burned in the past, tough lesson learnt. Last edited by CunningStunt; 02-03-2010 at 04:24 PM..