| iped Out! Disappeared! Vanished!...these were the | | | | Reduce risk of database wiped out |
| words from one of my friends when one of his | | | | With the advent of immense technologies and tools |
| online databases had been hacked into and caused a | | | | available to the potential hackers, hacking into your |
| total havoc to his online business. All his mailing lists, | | | | websites and causing havoc to your business should |
| data files and valuable information pertaining to his | | | | prove to be a peanut for them. There are bunch of |
| e-commerce were lost beyond recovery, simply | | | | automated online tools or systems available which |
| because he overlooked the importance of regular | | | | could backup your online database periodically, thus |
| backup. | | | | freeing yourself from the worries of the having your |
| These days, database-driven websites are just as | | | | database wiped out someday. |
| important as the business itself. All the customer | | | | Reduce workload from the server |
| data, transaction information as well as your mailing | | | | Surprisingly, most of the website owners that I |
| lists are stored in database format. Popular ones are | | | | know of perform their website testing and fine |
| the open-source database called MySQL. | | | | tuning using their web hosting as their test bed. Since |
| But the main problem here for all the home business | | | | this method can take away some bandwidth and |
| owners especially is that they would tend to rely on | | | | increase your server workload, with your backup file |
| their web hosting to provide them the so-called | | | | on hand, you could perform the same task on your |
| reliable hosting. The fact is, most of the web hosting | | | | own local computer just by restoring the backup file. |
| in general on the internet are just as fragile as you | | | | If you are using a phpMyAdmin as your database |
| could expect. Ever heard of just many of the poor | | | | administration console, backing up and restoring the |
| websites been hacked and corrupted by the | | | | MySql data is easy even for the beginners. At the |
| unscrupulous hackers, for example? | | | | end of the day you could potentially reduce a huge |
| While we can’t really totally prevent these | | | | amount of workload from the server. |
| hacking from happening, it is therefore crucial for you | | | | Protect Data Corruption |
| to be able to take your own preventive measures to | | | | All computer systems are not 100% bug free. There |
| periodically backup your website databases. Here are | | | | are annoying times when your online system just |
| some of the reasons why a database backup is | | | | couldn’t perform the way it should be and |
| important to your business. | | | | you could be driving nuts trying to find out what are |
| Maintain minimal site downtime | | | | the causes of it. It could simple be your corrupted |
| There are times when you would want to switch to | | | | data in your database. If you have backup data in |
| another hosting for your websites, but the hassle of | | | | place, you can just restore backup the relevant |
| contacting your hosting for the help on backups and | | | | tables which you suspect have been corrupted or |
| restoration of your databases can, at times be a | | | | you can even restore the whole database if situation |
| major set back for you. That is why, once | | | | warrants. This should essentially save you a lot of |
| you’ve figured out and got used to backing | | | | your time trying to debug your online systems. |
| your database, duplicating your database into another | | | | As a conclusion, knowing how to backup and restore |
| one can just as easy as you want it to be. The point | | | | should be learnt by all the online business owners. |
| here is to consistently backup your database so that | | | | Backup and restore process can be very simple task |
| you will be able to restore the data back without | | | | for you to perform and once you’ve got the |
| causing a huge delay or site downtime. Remember, | | | | knack of it, you can be rest assured of your online |
| the longer the delay, the more money you’ll | | | | database integrity and never to worry about losing |
| lose. | | | | lots of money from your website downtime. |