Why do so many people fail to properly back up their sites?

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  • CDSmith
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • May 2001
    • 51460

    #1

    Why do so many people fail to properly back up their sites?

    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.

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  • Domain Broker
    So Fucking Banned
    • Oct 2004
    • 2427

    #2
    I agree, I back up to multiple places quite often.

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    • luv$
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      • Dec 2004
      • 6158

      #3
      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.
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      • Amputate Your Head
        There can be only one
        • Aug 2001
        • 39075

        #4
        What are these "backups" you speak of?
        SIG TOO BIG

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        • madawgz
          8.8.8.8
          • Mar 2006
          • 30509

          #5
          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 :\
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          • CyberHustler
            Masterbaiter
            • Feb 2006
            • 28750

            #6
            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...
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            • DollarKing
              Confirmed User
              • Aug 2007
              • 526

              #7
              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.

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              • sandman!
                Icq: 14420613
                • Mar 2001
                • 15431

                #8
                whats a backup ?
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                • rowan
                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                  • Mar 2002
                  • 17393

                  #9
                  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.

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                  • Cyber Fucker
                    Hmm
                    • Sep 2005
                    • 12642

                    #10
                    Sometimes it's laziness. Sometimes it's hosting company fault.

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                    • CunningStunt
                      Confirmed User
                      • Aug 2006
                      • 5594

                      #11
                      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, 02:24 PM.

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                      • DollarKing
                        Confirmed User
                        • Aug 2007
                        • 526

                        #12
                        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!

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