[Cialug] Coding Horror

[Barry Von Ahsen]

I do (now), mostly because I went from static html/php with a copy on my 
laptop and my file server to an all-in-the-DB cms platform


it's already been mentioned, but that's a big difference.  it's easy to 
cron up an rsync script to get files, but it's a bit more (but not much, 
if you're thinking about it) to get a mysqldump in there too


I don't know the details of his hosting plan, but if he was supposed to 
get backups, then it's totally the provider's fault (although, maybe 
100% data loss includes the backup server).  if it was his duty, then 
maybe he got what he deserved - says me in the "those who have lost 
data" half of linux users.


-barry


Matthew Nuzum wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 8:52 AM, Dave Hala Jr <dave at 58ghz.net> wrote:
>> I'd be willing to bet that 99% of the people/companies on this list that
>> make money from their sites have a backup(s).
>>
> 
> How much are we betting here? I think I'll take you up* on that wager. :-)
> 
> *assuming "backup" means recent, complete and can be restored from.
> 
> Remember, human nature dictates that if it's not fully automated then
> sometimes it's not going to happen. How many people, even techies and
> geeks like us, have an automated backup solution for their website and
> database from their hosting provider's server? I suspect more than 1%
> of the professionals who outsource their hosting, and even more than
> 1% of those who have their own servers, would lose some data if they
> had to rebuild their website *right now* entirely from backups.
> 
> Wow, just in proof reading this I realize that means even test
> restores should be automated or they're also probably not going to get
> verified at regular intervals. The last time I tested my backups was
> the last time I needed to restore. And it was two stressful days and I
> never did successfully restore my mailman configuration. :-(
> 
> /me goes to check his backups now
>