05-27-2011, 11:36 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-27-2011, 11:36 PM by turtledude23.)
(05-27-2011, 10:15 PM)Raman Wrote: Obviously, Steve is not to blame since one cannot expect backing up a database several times a day, once a day appears to suffice considering that the webhosting company won't change servers out of the blue without notifying the clients....however the host could have backed up all data before the server was turned off...and not depend on the client?...
Honestly, this seems unheard of...very unprofessional to say the least.
Yup, however admins do backups for other reasons, mainly: unexpected data loss and hacking. Once a day is more than enough for a forum like this though. Its funny because the larger a forum is, the longer it takes to backup, so it is likely to be backed up less, yet the larger forum would benefit more from more frequent backups. I do like how the original backup they used yesterday was from 4/20.