Did you backup?

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Did you back up your server this week?

And if you don't do it automatically... why not?

How much data have you lost recently if ever?

I want to hear your backup horror stories and don't lie! 🤣

if your data only exists in one place, it doesn't really have a backup. Unless of course your data is stored on this!

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  • rpqurpqu
    edited August 6

    I lost like a month worth of claude code chatlog (mostly stale conversation). Now, the Jsonl is streamed to 2 boxes on hourly basis. The box was on monthly backup schedule. Oof.

  • mjjcjbmjjcjb

    Sadly, I’ve never really had the habit of making backups. I usually only remember how important they are after I’ve already lost something.

  • vyasvyas OG
    edited August 6

    Yes !! 👍
    Btw Lost three sites hosted on HostDzire vps (Mumbai). Restored two thx to backups. Third… used the opportunity to get out of Wordpress .

    P.s : in 2018 one (human) error and I lost all personal data -images, videos… pre-2018. Another blessing in disguise 🥸

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  • MichaelCeeMichaelCee ModeratorHosting ProviderOGServices Provider Cymru

    Sadly my backup horror stories are very very public.

    Michael from DragonWebHost & OnePoundEmail

  • KhalequzzamanKhalequzzaman

    Completely lost data of two hostdzire Indian VPS 😔

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  • yoursunnyyoursunny OG

    We store our files on a HDD pulled from our Dell Inspiron 600m laptop, purchased in 2005.
    It's been a decade since we installed this drive on the USB-PATA adapter, connected to a USB 2.0 port on our home router.
    Every night we hear weird noise coming from this drive.
    Don't worry, our files are totally safe because it's right next to our pillow.

    Daniel fan club 😎 affbrr

  • somiksomik OG Hostbusters

    Weekly auto backups with email notification with the log as message body, the only way to backup I accept...

    I speak fluent sarcasm and broken logic. | I would agree with you, but thæn we’d both be wrong.

  • imokimok OG Not Administrator

    20 years ago I was playing with mi PC installing Ubuntu. Somehow I damaged the whole 80GB HDD with all of the photos of my family.

    I think I got traumatized and now I always take backups of important stuff.

  • WSSWSS OG

    I've kept my data online since 2002. It's fucking worthless, but everything still works.

    "It's a hard life- to be a stick insect." - Karl Pilkington

  • toortoor

    Don't forget to also test out restoring a backup to make sure it actually works and is backing up what you expect.

  • LeeLee OG

    As mentioned above, test your backups. I have never lost anything by not backing up, but I have lost things through backups being corrupt.

  • somiksomik OG Hostbusters

    @toor said:
    Don't forget to also test out restoring a backup to make sure it actually works and is backing up what you expect.

    In 2022, while trying to restore the backup, I found out that my site was backed up perfectly . . . without the database... The latest database backup was 6 months old when I ran it manually. Lucky I still had the main site online when moving to a new server so ran a latest database backup manually and restored it from there.

    Ever since then, I no longer trust "complete" backups and will go and manually backup data at least once a month :lol:

    I speak fluent sarcasm and broken logic. | I would agree with you, but thæn we’d both be wrong.

  • Shot²Shot²

    @Lee said:
    As mentioned above, test your backups. I have never lost anything by not backing up, but I have lost things through backups being corrupt.

    I have lost things sending a corrupt backup overwrite pristine data because: brain fart. =)

    ok it was not 'lost' thanks to the 3-2-1 rule, more like an awful waste of time and bandwidth

    Happy customer at AlexHost, AxusHost, Bakker-IT, Host-C, Ionos, Veesp + NanoKVM ftw.

  • LeeLee OG

    @Shot² said:

    @Lee said:
    As mentioned above, test your backups. I have never lost anything by not backing up, but I have lost things through backups being corrupt.

    I have lost things sending a corrupt backup overwrite pristine data because: brain fart. =)

    ok it was not 'lost' thanks to the 3-2-1 rule, more like an awful waste of time and bandwidth

    Yup, done that :)

  • hypertonhyperton

    No, cause I like the thrill living on the edge.

  • LeeLee OG

    @hyperton said:
    No, cause I like the thrill living on the edge.

    I used to think that when killing hookers instead of having to pay them, but the thrill is very short-lived.

  • poeipoei

    rclone - rsync - localsend - snapshot - cron

    • OVH-KS2 (RAID1) 2X2TB (master sync)
    • Onidel S3 2TB (cold) object storage of important encrypted .7z archives, folder backups, cloned to Backblaze B2 bucket (expandable)
    • Hostbrr storage box(es) 1.5TB (for audio/video media)

    • Hetzner 5TB storagebox (to clone OVH-KS2 master and Hostbrr boxes).

    • Android phone is localsend copied to local pc (nightly)

    • local pc /home/ is cron job rsync with OVH-KS2 (nightly)
    • local / - /home is weekly snapshot and uploaded to OVH-KS2 and rotated every 4 weeks

    Total storage costs usually hover around $45 USD a month

    It's a bit of maintenance, but I can afford it, and it gives me some peace of mind.

    I'm joking, I'm always still stressing about it.

    I have been collecting elastic bands since 1992.

  • mikhomikho OG Bash Me Gently

    Only wimps use tape backup: real men just upload their important stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it ;)

    — Linus

    “Technology is best when it brings people together.” – Matt Mullenweg

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