{"id":753,"date":"2013-07-18T19:30:52","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T19:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/?p=753"},"modified":"2021-08-28T14:06:51","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T14:06:51","slug":"data-backup-and-disaster-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/18\/data-backup-and-disaster-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Data backup and disaster recovery."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A good rule with web hosting is to always have a back-up and disaster recovery plan in place for a worst case scenario, in case your data disappears. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many hosts will offer a backup service, and there are a number of options available for increased protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" src=\"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Disaster-news_icon.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Disaster-news_icon.png 128w, https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Disaster-news_icon-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\"><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>One good method is to setup a <a href=\"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/encyclopedia\/raid\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"RAID is form of data protection. RAID refers to the phrase 'redundant array of independent disks' and data stored on more than one hard drive.\" class=\"encyclopedia\">RAID<\/a> array for your server.\u00a0 There are several different ways you can configure <a href=\"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/encyclopedia\/raid\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"RAID is form of data protection. RAID refers to the phrase 'redundant array of independent disks' and data stored on more than one hard drive.\" class=\"encyclopedia\">RAID<\/a>, essentially it gives protection by spreading or copying your data over two or more redundant hard drives. Many people choose to augment this with an additional hard drive outside of the <a href=\"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/encyclopedia\/raid\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"RAID is form of data protection. RAID refers to the phrase 'redundant array of independent disks' and data stored on more than one hard drive.\" class=\"encyclopedia\">RAID<\/a> array, and also do backups there. For yet another level of redundancy you could also do backups to a remote workstation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many larger and more popular websites also choose to setup a failover to another server in a different network operations center. This can be a bit tricky for complex websites, or if there are databases involved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need assistance with a data backup and disaster recovery plan contact the team at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pingpipe.com\">PingPipe<\/a>\u00a0web hosting. 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