5th May 2021 By Simon Bennett
Weâre big fans of the phrase âtrust, but verify.â Itâs useful in many situations, including, you guessed it, checking the integrity of your backed up data and your recovery plan.
Itâs great to have a backup plan for all your data. Whether it's your WordPress site, your MySQL database or your whole server, making sure that your data is being backed up correctly, on schedule, and completely is critical. Itâs important to trust your service, whether you use SnapShooter or a combination of shell scripts, that your data is getting to where it should be.
Another critical, somewhat overlooked part of a disaster backup plan is the recovery part of that plan. As GI Joe would say, just knowing youâre doing it is half the battle. Youâve got to be able to make sure that you can easily, and hopefully somewhat painlessly, recover your data and re-institute it in your production environment. Continue Read