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Directory Owners: How Often Do You Backup?

Discussion in 'Directories' started by Harmony, Jul 6, 2006.

  1. #1
    Sorry if this was posted before, I couldn't find it in search so Ill start a topic.

    How often do you backup your directories?

    I backup daily or as much as I can now, because link submissions have increased to at least 100 per day now (not all at once but through all the day all together), and I can't afford to lose all those links.

    Since it happened to me before, I've learned my lesson. :(
     
    Harmony, Jul 6, 2006 IP
  2. uca

    uca Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, at least once a day, in your case.

    I actually backup less often, but always if someone starts a thread like yours or complaining for having lost the database contents!

    Otherwise more or less every week, but I have a niche with much less submissions (BTW, if interested, get a link from my SEO directory for free, if yours is SEO friendly and isn't already listed)

    :)
     
    uca, Jul 6, 2006 IP
  3. shahab6

    shahab6 Well-Known Member

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    Once a month
     
    shahab6, Jul 6, 2006 IP
  4. ServerUnion

    ServerUnion Peon

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    Host does it nightly...
     
    ServerUnion, Jul 6, 2006 IP
  5. iowadawg

    iowadawg Prominent Member

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    #5
    My directories are all backed up automatically each night.
    Seems to work okay.
     
    iowadawg, Jul 6, 2006 IP
  6. aaron_nimocks

    aaron_nimocks Im kind of a big deal Staff

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    Rarely. But I do. :)
     
    aaron_nimocks, Jul 6, 2006 IP
  7. Domie

    Domie Banned

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    #7
    Ok if you bakc it up, and somthing does go wrong, how do you put it back up?
     
    Domie, Jul 6, 2006 IP
  8. Harmony

    Harmony Well-Known Member

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    Go to the backup page in your cpanel and upload the backups from your computer.
     
    Harmony, Jul 7, 2006 IP
  9. EveryQuery

    EveryQuery Well-Known Member

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    How often do I back up? Well, everytime some ones posts one of those sob stories of how they lost their entire database, I usually do a backup.
     
    EveryQuery, Jul 7, 2006 IP
  10. iowadawg

    iowadawg Prominent Member

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    LOL....
    But keep in mind, one day it may be your posting a sob story of how you lost your entire database.
     
    iowadawg, Jul 7, 2006 IP
  11. EveryQuery

    EveryQuery Well-Known Member

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    Nope. After all, I said that I did do some backups. Every week or so I backup all my databases. My directories are paid though, and I have records and receipts of all my submissions, if I did lose a weeks worth of listings. The guys running free directories and getting hundreds of submissions a day should obviously backup every chance they get.
     
    EveryQuery, Jul 7, 2006 IP
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    #12
    i backup my directories daily :D
     
    ahtum, Jul 7, 2006 IP
  13. ANUL

    ANUL Peon

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    #13
    bed boys, How often do you backup your directories
     
    ANUL, Jul 7, 2006 IP
  14. widewebtalk

    widewebtalk Peon

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    #14
    Every 10 submissions backup and do a backup onto disk for secure storage 1 every 20 days i have a usb storage device and backup onto it every 15-20 days overwriting the older on so i always have a complete and secure offline backup.
     
    widewebtalk, Jul 7, 2006 IP
  15. Harmony

    Harmony Well-Known Member

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    If I was to backup every 10 submissions that means I would be going to the backup page every 2 minutes. I run a free submissions directory, going paid when next pr update comes around..
     
    Harmony, Jul 7, 2006 IP
  16. dvduval

    dvduval Notable Member

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    Being a ballroom dancer too, I backup about 50% of the time. :)
     
    dvduval, Jul 7, 2006 IP
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  17. an0n

    an0n Prominent Member

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    I have everything localized in my Dev environment. I only backup web stuff when I start adding more links.

    1 backup for dev
    1 backup on dvd
     
    an0n, Jul 10, 2006 IP
  18. Absolutus

    Absolutus Peon

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    I backup daily on server and remotely.
     
    Absolutus, Jul 14, 2006 IP
  19. loopy62

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    #19
    I back up my db everyday.
     
    loopy62, Jul 14, 2006 IP
  20. PedstersPlanet

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    #20
    Weekly via cron, a 120mb (ish) database is a lot to loose.
     
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