Recently, I read about another blogger who had some major downtime with one of his servers. There was also a story in the news lately about a fire at a major Server Center.
Both of these got me thinking, and I had to ask myself one question. What kind of situation would I be in if mine went down? What if i lost all of my files?
Short answer is I’d be screwed.
Hack intrusions do happen. Hard drive do fair. Natural distaters can strike the center where your rack is located. None of this happens often, but it can and will happen to someone.
I do make backups, but completely by hand and not often enough. I try to make sure I do it with my major sites weekly, but that will often slip a bit longer.
This really got me thinking though and I’m taking steps to get myself covered.
First off, I installed the Wordpress WP DB Plugin. I run a large majority of my sites off of the Wordpress platform, and this plugin is a great little addition to any installation. Basically, it back up your database. Right now I have it set to do daily backups, and then email them directly to an off server email account.
This is a temporary measure however, as I look for more long term solutions that can handle all of my backup needs.
Problem is, I’m not a techie. Sure, I can SSH into a server if need be and muddle around in PHP Scripts, but my knowledge is only enough to do what I need to do. Setting up a backup solution like DiskSync is well beyond my skills.
After much Googling and Forum reading, I’m looking at a company known as Touch Support. They seem to have a great reputation, and their prices are very reasonable as well.
For $20.00 a month, they’ll back up your server on a daily basis. Backups are available in 10 Gig amounts, with $1.00 per Gig for weekly, or $2.00 for daily.
I currently have two sites that I need to move to my main server, but after that migration is completed, I’ll be definately hiring them.
I’ll let you know how it goes.