I haven't requested the backup service from Dathorn yet, but am seriously considering it. What I'm not sure about yet, though, is how to do it. I mean, For websites that have communities, daily backups are important, but at the same time, if something happens and is not noticed right away, the next day that bakcup is gone with new one, right? But a weekly backup, if something goes wrong a few days after it was created, then many days of data will be lost, same or worse with montly. My question is, what'd be the best thing to do? Have daily and weekly or monthly backups done or just one of them?
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I opted for weekly backups for the reason you described ... if a problem isn't noticed the first day, then the "good" back up is overwritten by one with the same problem. My customers get the weekly backup as part of their package.
I also tell my customers that they are responsible for keeping a copy of all their content since I only do weekly backups. If they have a site with dynamic content where they want daily backups, they need to make arrangements for that.
I don't think there's anything stopping you from having backups done both daily and weekly ... except the price! I think if you pay for both, you could get both. That way, you can sell daily backup service to those accounts who want more than weekly backups the package provides. -
If its dynamic, keep a fresh copy of all the files, and then make a script
that will pull MySQL db's once a night (all of 'em) and email them to you.
That way, not only do you have last week's batch of files + MySQL,
but if your also doing this it'd be hard to lose more than a one or two days of data."How can someone be so distracted yet so focused?"
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Thank you very much for your comments. Yes, I see what you guys mean. I think the way to go would be to have daily and weekly backups as well.
The problem with doing the daily database ones with a script is that if it's a large one, like in a community where it can be over a hundred or two MBs, then it'd tough to get it sent to me. It'd work with small ones fine, though.Comment
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You can also use WGET to transfer the backup file to another account on the same server (or another server) ... still uses bandwidth, but its blazingly fast as you aren't downloading to your own computer. I was doing that for a while with a free account I got from 1&1 Internet (but even when free, it was too much trouble dealing with their awkward interface and slow systems).Comment
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I have it set similar, I do the backup within cpanel, and set it to ftp to my dedicated server (backup server basically). I need to get a script or a cron job, that will auto backup my database files, and email them to my gmail account as well as ftp them out.Originally posted by Frank HaganComment
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