Does your host take backups?

[Sam]

So.... Is your host taking backups? Daily/Weekly/Monthly Or do you make sure you regularly take a site backup as well?

I can remember a few years ago being without a recent site backup and loosing over 1000 posts. Backups are just so important.

 

[MasterA]

My host takes weekly backups but I also take regular backups as you can't always rely on your host. I take my own backups because it's another layer of security just in case my host has problems with their generated backups. A lot of money and time will be wasted if backups are not made regularly and it's important to make backups on multiple servers in case one server fails.

 

[Shole]

I am doing weekly backups on my site for now , its pretty new so I won't lose much if it goes down somehow. When I had a forum running that had over 10k posts I backed up my site daily to not lose even one single post.

 

[Excommunicado]

They knew's to on my old site but I can't figure out what has happened so I'd go with a 'No unfortunately'. Sad but true.

 

[Nebulous]

I believe they do automatic backups daily with a program called R1Soft.

I still make my own backups regularly though, just in case.

 

[David S]

I was meant to be an admin on a forum today and this happened http://thehorrorforums.com/ I hope he has backed his files up.

 

[Ashley]

Prophpbb does take backups but I'm not sure how often. I do know for sure that if you want a back up you have to email the host owner for permission unless you're on their paid plan. I think that's the only way you can take backups whenever you want is if you're on their paid plan. Otherwise you have to email the owner for permission.

 

[Maximum]

My host takes multiple daily backups.