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How To Take Backup Of Your Website ?

In my  5 years of career in web hosting, I have witnessed many stories of data loss, website hack  and loss of even entire website database which resulted in heavy losses and  shut down of businesses.  There are headlines every other day of data being stolen, website being hacked, compromised and others factors which results in data loss. I understand the pain of shutting down the business and losses occurred but things could be much better if a proper backup strategy is in place. Backup is not only applicable for your laptop, PC but also for your website data. As you store your web files and database on server where it is hosted, its very important that you have backup in place.

Website Backup

What if a server on which your website is hosted is down ?

What if something goes wrong in Datacenter where your server is hosted?  

What if your web hosting company goes bankrupt and you don’t have any access to them?

Some of the other threats for the loss of website data includes:-

• Website Hack                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       The most common act is this one and most talked subject on web as well. Hacking is primarily done to steal credit card information, other relevant information or just  to prove themselves  causing trouble to the website owner. Popular websites are most likely to get compromised.

 • Data Loss on Local machine                                           

Storing important data on your computer is a good idea but your decision may go wrong if hard drive of your computer crash. Its advisable to have offsite backup if your website data is really important for you and your business

• Software/Application/CMS updates

Things may go wrong if the application, software or Content management system  you are using is not up to date.  Website is most likely to get compromised if software, plugins , themes and scripts installed on it are not updated regularly for security measures.  Take a backup before performing any  update as this can take an entire website offline for any amount of time.

• Viruses , Malwares and Trojans

Malwares, Viruses and Trojans  are unknowingly downloaded through  through your website code or firewall. Having backup of website files makes you secure if anything malicious happens on your website.

• Human Error   

Human mistakes are unavoidable. Its possible that one of your website file or a database table gets deleted because of this. When you backup your files human errors can be taken care of by restoring your latest backup.

These are some of the major concerns and one should always include backups in their IT business strategy. You spend a good amount on your website development, online presence and marketing however it costs very less when it comes to backing up your data which is utmost important.

BackUp-Your-Website Data

So, How to backup your  Website ?

Here are the steps to go for it:-

  1. Please check if your web hosting company offers offsite backup space. You can purchase a backup space set it daily, weekly as per your requirements.
  2. Contact your webmaster if they have readily available scripts to backup your website. They are the one’s  who are fully aware of functioning of Content management systems and their backup options.
  3.  Don’t rely on one option of taking backups. There are many low cost backup service providers which you can think of.
  4. If you have  cPanel hosting  plan or Plesk windows hosting plan, you can use inbuilt features of these control panel for scheduled backups or cron job.
  5. You may also think of using Dropbox  for taking your backups.
  6. If your website is small, you can also take backup on your local machine. Having 2 copies on two separate drives is good idea if one of the drive goes down for any reason.

Backing up your website files and database doesn’t take too much of your time and money, but it’s a huge investment considering all the threats discussed above.

The Author

Neha Kahnna is a professional content writer associated with MilesWeb. She curates articles on web hosting, latest SEO trends and technology topics. Her insightful content captivates the reader’s attention and deliver a higher learning ROI.

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