How often do you backup

DeluxeNames

Ok, so can you believe this: I NEVER used to backup. Only recently when I read Python's horror story with Vivehosting and some similar ones, did I start backing up.

How often do you back up?

Have you had any horror stories when you waited to long?

Ginavere

Every time I make a change to my website I back up.:happy3:

tec-geek

We have a forum, so we backup nightly. We have an automated cron that does the backup for us. We usually backup to my local machine, the server, and another host.

I've actually had alot of trouble with backups. I learned the hard way to keep them on some server other than the one your main site is on. I've used resellers as hosts, and when their account is terminated, which happens more often than you think, your account also gets terminated. We've lost our entire database about 3 times because of this.

MGDesigns

Constantly backing up and have a zillion discs lying around LOL

Katra

Constant constant back ups...I have a fear of losing things.
I also back up data bases as often as possible especially to the forums..I am probably over cautious.

JaredRitchey

Backup? whats that?

With over 25GB of template design resources and many years of hard work, you learn very early on, backup, backup, backup. Did that sound like a hickup?

A set of tools I use is the email-cron backup tool which you send your server an email and it does an MySQL backup for you and another I recenlty discovered from Darren Gates called MyPackup located here:

http://tufat.com/s_mybackup_web_database_exporter.htm


~ Jared

Mystii

I constantly backup and I have a grandfathering system where I can go back up to three backups if something gets changed or corrupted. I think I'd rather be over-cautious than not cautious enough. I don't have any horror stories about backing up, but oh my, I can tell some about NOT backing up!! :eek:

pfgannon

I don't backup nearly as often as I should.
I'm trying to get in the habit though.