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November 26, 2007
Blog Backup Strategy
Do you write your own blog? If so, check out these simple words of wisdom from Greg Ashbaugh on how he backs up his blog to ensure the safe and quick recovery incase disaster strikes.
"I keep all my local files on a USB thumb drive. I do this so I can work on my site on multiple computers. Once a month I make a backup of these files into a folder called Ashbaughonline-Local. Then at the same time, I use a program called WS_FTP to copy all the live files off my host into a folder called Ashbaughonline-Live. Both of these folders are then stored into a folder named by the month, in this case February. I copy all the live stuff because sometimes you upload photos, and make other live modifications that aren’t done locally. Note, I keep these folders on a separate system from my USB thumb drive.
I’ve seen people lose years worth of data because their database gets corrupt. Imagine years worth of blogging, and it’s all gone with no backup. That would be a tough reality, so don’t let it happen to your site."
As the saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. It's much easier to forestall a disaster than to deal with it.
Posted by Hugh Garber at November 26, 2007 06:57 AM digg this add to del.icio.us add to My Web Furl this page
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