[thesite] Site backups
Daniel J. Cody
djc at starkmedia.com
Fri Nov 2 09:35:36 CST 2001
about once a month i gzip a copy of everything important(lists, DB,
code) and scoot it over to a directory on Ron Dormans server in virginia
its nothing super hardcore, but would get us by in a jam.. ALA's shit..
i never understood that situation.. how could everything just get 'wiped
out' ya know? besides, i'm hosting evolt not some anonymous webhost :)
Evolt.org - Enterprise expectations on a non-existant budget :)
.djc.
Madhu Menon wrote:
> I'm just curious. What's our disaster management and recovery policy
> regarding evolt.org code, lists, etc.?
> (sorry for sounding so CMM-ish).
>
> For example, is the site's HTML code/CMS code/server config.
> documentation/db schema etc. archived somewhere so that in case the
> server explodes or there's a fire (hopefully won't happen), there's a
> way of recovering it?
>
> Ditto with the list of evolt subscribers for thelist, thesite, theforum,
> etc.
>
> I remember that A List Apart's subscriber base got wiped out when they
> had major problems with their web hosting provider. That killed a
> well-known mailing list with a few thousand subscribers. Wouldn't want
> something similar to happen to us :(
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