Server Issues are not Cool … Be Wise, Backup

I have said to people for years they must backup daily or weekly. I have always known that a complete loss of data could occur and I would be out of all the posts that entertain readers as well as those that make me money. Tonight I wish I would have been less hypocritical.

My server had a complete loss of all data. I may get my SQL database back but the images etc are all crashed from the server. I did make a full backup exactly one month ago but I have added a lot of cool backgrounds and stuff since then that I will never get back.

I’m not saying this as a pity party. I have an SQL from a month ago and the company is telling me they have an SQL of my data. As I work this out with them I want to just remind my readers who blog that you should backup weekly or daily NOT monthly! I may be up a few hours putting my blog back together. It appears it will rise again but not without a decent amount of surgery.

My wife made a great point that I am lucky I have a full backup from a month ago!

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2 thoughts on “Server Issues are not Cool … Be Wise, Backup”

  1. Hi Chelle. Yeah, it pretty much sucks I didn’t backup my last 20 posts. Now I have to recreate sponsored posts I wrote already from nothing. NOT FUN.

    Thanks for the link, I’ve downloaded it and will try the auto backups. :)

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  2. Aw, I feel for you, I really do…something all of us bloggers go through at some point or another – no matter what you do/don’t backup it never seems to be what you need!

    There is a plug-in I downloaded that emails me a weekly back up of my database. It gives me a false sense of security I’m sure, but its nice to have it automated – and all of my backups safely stored both on my computer AND in gmail, lol. (They don’t have the file size limitations, plus it’s nice to have an account dedicated to nothing more than storing the backups which you can access anywhere, even if you’re not on your regular computer. I’ve learned its also a really good idea to regularly backup your uploads folder & current themes too.

    Here is the plug-in I am using for the databases, though if you find any others that would be better let me know!

    http://austinmatzko.com/wp-db-backup/

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