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Website Backups: What You Need to Know

How often to back up, where backups should live and how to test them.

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Quick answer: Back up daily, keep copies somewhere other than your server and test that you can restore them.

How often

Daily for most business sites. Before and after any big change.

The 3-2-1 rule

Three copies of your data, on two different types of storage, with one stored off-site.

Test your backups

A backup you have never restored is a guess. Test a restore at least once.

Daily backups are part of our Website Care Plan.