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Gizmo Admin Group  Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5078 |
There was a server outage today for a an hour give or take, power blackout at the ISP. Sorry about the down time. Glenn The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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| RossW Guru  Joined: 25/02/2006 Location: AustraliaPosts: 495 |
Could have been worse. You might have chosen distribute.it. 4,800 odd websites down for 10 days+, and announced this morning that there's no chance of recovery. |
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| Gizmo Admin Group Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5078 |
Wow, thats bad. I was with Web Central a year or so ago, they had problems for a couple of days, and then restored my data from a week earlier! They even stopped answering their phones! Thats when I left and went back to using a small town ISP to host my site. The problem with using the big guys, is you are very unimportant to them. I will never use them again. Thats also why I now have daily backups in several locations places. Glenn The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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| Gizmo Admin Group Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5078 |
Been reading more about the distribute.it problems. 4800 websites gone for good is bad. The problem with hackers is they have no conscience, no respect. Its not just the hosting company they bring down, but thousands of innocent everyday people. But it's also a reminder how important backups are. distribute.it obviously had no off site backups. If they did, they could restore those 4800 web sites. Maybe the data would be a week or two old, but thats a lot better than no data. I myself run a backup every day into a backup directory ( both business data and this web site ), which is then copied onto an external HD and to dropbox.com. I swap the external HD over once a week, so I have at least one copy thats not connected to my network, in case a hacker gets into the system. You can never have too many backups, cause one day, your going to need them. Glenn The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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