One of the biggest risks of running a website in India whether it is a blog, an online store, a business portal or a service platform is data loss. A server crash, malware attack, accidental file deletion, plugin conflict or even a failed update can take your website down in an instant. That’s why you need to backup your website. This is a vital part of your disaster recovery planning.
In this guide we’ll cover how often you need to backup your cPanel and hosted website, the best retention policy, why you need off-site copies and how Cyberin’s hosting backup features make it easy to implement your protection plan.
Why cPanel and hosted websites need backups
You have great tools in your cPanel hosting Backup Wizard and JetBackup (on supported plans) and manual full and account backups, but you are still responsible for keeping your files and databases safe.
Here’s why backups are so important:
- When you update your website things can go wrong: Problems can happen when updating a theme, plugin or CMS.
- Our security risks are increasing. “A number of Indian websites are being attacked by malware, spam injections and brute force attacks.
- To err is human. Even experienced admins can accidentally delete files or drop databases.
- Servers aren’t perfect. Hardware failures and data center outages are not rare, but they do occur.
A good backup plan means you can have your site back up and running in minutes rather than days.
How often should you make a backup of your website?
How often you need to backup your website depends on the frequency that your website changes. What you need to know:
1. Daily backups are recommended for most Indian websites
If you have the following, choose daily backups:
- Usually news or blog hosting sites
- Ecomm stores with orders per day
- Websites for company registration
- Membership and LMS sites
- Daily updated popular sites
Daily backups mean you’ll never lose new transactions, customer data, new products or content updates.
Cyberin hosting packages come with an automatic daily backup. If your website has a lot of changes, daily backups are your best bet.
2. Backups a Week for Sites That Are Moderately Active
Good for:
- Website Portfolio
- Websites for businesses that don’t evolve
- Pages with frequently updated content
Weekly Backups Good balance between ease of use and data safety for sites that get updated a few times a week.
3. Monthly Backups for Websites That Don’t Change Often
Good for:
- Brochures on the websites.
- One-off project sites
- Landing pages with no user generated data
Monthly backups only work if your website doesn’t change much. But best is the manual or weekly backup.
Why Backups Off-Site Are Important
Most website owners only use the backups that are stored on the same hosting server.
This is a dangerous way to do things because:
- If the server is compromised the backups can be too.
- Data center failures can take out your whole account.
- Malware can still change backups on your computer.
An effective plan includes:
- You can copy to Google Drive, Dropbox, S3 or remote servers off-site.
- Local copies (on your computer, or external hard drive)
- Backups on the server side (automatic, hosted by Cyberin)
This means that the three-tiered backup system is as safe as possible.
The Best Time to Keep Backups
Retention is how long you keep old backups. And if you have a good retention policy you can restore older copies that may be infected with malware and clean if recent copies are infected .
Recommended length of time to keep:
- Have backups every day, have 7-14 copies.
- Backup frequency: 4-8 copies per week
- Monthly backups: Keep 3 to 6 copies
Cyberin hosting has inbuilt systems that automatically create multiple restore points so you always have access to older backups when you need them.
Making a Plan for Disaster Recovery
Your disaster recovery plan should include:
- Your backup location (server, cloud, local)
- How often are backups performed? Day, week or month?
- How to Restore Files & Databases Using cPanel or JetBackup
- Who’s watching the reserves?
- How quickly can you get the web site back up
Customers of Cyberin get:
- One click restore
- All account files, backups, email, MySQL databases, DNS zone
- Specialized emergency restoration assistance
This minimizes downtime and enhances protection.
Cyberin’s Backup Features: Simple Ways to Keep Your Website Safe
Cyberin hosting infrastructure is designed to keep data secure. You will receive:
- Daily backups (as per plan) are automatically
- Plenty of points to make up
- cPanel Addon for JetBackup
- Backup all accounts, databases.
- Instant Recovery Tools
- Optional integrations for offsite backups
This offers an easy to use back-up system for Indian website owners without any technical knowhow.
Conclusion
Website backups are not just a safety net for your website, they are like life insurance in the digital world. Automatic off site backup system means you will never lose your all data no matter how often your cPanel website updates (daily, weekly or monthly).
With Cyberin’s powerful hosting backup capabilities, it’s simple to keep your website safe and stress-free.
Keep several copies in safe places for safety. Always regularly back up.