Backup strategy, disaster recovery, retention and high-availability storage. 15 articles from the MassiveGRID engineering teams.
Replicated storage handles the common failures; the 72-hour clause is about the rare ones. Criticality analysis, RPO and RTO per system, three recovery tiers, and a rehearsal that produces the evidence.
Read MoreDatabase backups done properly: logical vs physical, Postgres WAL archiving and PITR, MySQL binary logs, Redis RDB and AOF, cross-system consistency, replicas.
Read MoreObject storage for backups: the four charges, archival class conditions, lifecycle tiering and its request cost, versioning vs object lock, and pricing the restore.
Read MoreBackup encryption done properly: the three places it happens, how restic and Borg hold keys, envelope rotation, where to keep the key, and testing restores.
Read MoreHow to run restore drills: four drill types, timing from go to verified, six ways a drill gives false assurance, a calendar that holds, and the record auditors want.
Read MoreImmutable backups against ransomware: what immutability really means, Object Lock modes, dwell time, write-only credentials, verification and what it costs.
Read MoreThe web cluster had four PHP nodes and one storage node holding every upload. GlusterFS makes the storage itself a cluster: three copies, any one of which can vanish without a broken image.
Read MoreTwelve databases, three engines, one question from the auditor: how much data would you lose and how long would it take? The lead answers with schedules, a separate storage node and a drill that runs every quarter.
Read MoreFour packages with 'backup' in the name and a manager who needs to know which does what. One is the destination, two are the jobs, one is the check. Here is how 40 sites use all four.
Read MoreIt is a scenario that most website owners never consider until it is too late: your hosting company shuts down, goes bankrupt, or simply disappears overnight.
Read MoreDisaster Recovery Planning for Small Business Websites: Defining RTO and RPO, Identifying Threats and Building Your Recovery Strategy.
Read MoreHow many backups should you keep? How far back should they go? Should you keep daily snapshots for a week, a month, or a year?
Read MoreHow NVMe SSDs Accelerate Website Load Times: The Storage Revolution in Web Hosting and Understanding the Three Storage Technologies.
Read MoreNVMe vs. SSD vs. HDD Hosting: How Storage Technology Has Evolved, Benchmark Comparison: The Numbers and Why Random IOPS Matter More Than Sequential Speed.
Read MoreWhen most people think about website backups, they imagine a simple copy of their files sitting somewhere safe. But "somewhere" matters enormously.
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