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Imagine your website suddenly goes offline after a failed update, cyberattack or accidental deletion. You know backups have been taken, but could you restore the site quickly enough to keep your business running? In this post, we look at what businesses need to put an effective website backup and recovery strategy in place.<\/p>\n

Simply taking backups does not guarantee your business is protected. To have an effective solution, you need to ensure that your copies are complete, secure, accessible and suitable for restoring every service that your business needs. In this sense, a backup is only of real value if it enables you to recover your website quickly, minimise disruption and resume normal operations.<\/p>\n

Having a backup does not always mean you are protected<\/strong><\/h3>\n

A website backup can create a false sense of security. If no one has checked what it contains or whether it can be restored, it may be of little use. There are several ways unchecked backups can cause problems. One common issue is that while website files have been saved, the database, email accounts, configuration files and other essential data have not.<\/p>\n

Other problems can remain hidden until a backup is urgently needed. For instance, backup files may be corrupted, recovery points may be outdated, or restoration takes much longer than expected. This can lead to the loss of recent orders, enquiries, customer details or website updates just when you need them most.<\/p>\n

The National Cyber Security Centre<\/a> recommends that businesses check backups contain all their important data and that they test restoration before an emergency happens. This is the key difference between simply storing copies and knowing that you can recover from a serious incident.<\/p>\n

Backup vs recovery: What is the difference?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

A backup is simply a stored copy of your website data. Website recovery is using that backup to successfully restore the site and its supporting services back to operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Backup<\/th>\nRecovery<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Copies your data<\/td>\nRestores your website and services<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stores files and databases<\/td>\nReturns them to a working environment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reduces potential data loss<\/td>\nMinimises downtime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Provides recovery points<\/td>\nUses the right recovery point<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Forms part of your protection<\/td>\nSupports complete business continuity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

There are two important measures that help determine whether your backup and recovery plans are suitable for your business.<\/p>\n

The Recovery Point Objective (RPO) is the latest point in time at which a business can afford to lose data. For example, if an online store regularly receives orders throughout the day, losing 24 hours of data will mean losing customer orders, account updates and payment records. In this case, daily backups would not be frequent enough.<\/p>\n

The Recovery Time Objective (RTO) is the maximum amount of time a business can manage without its website or online service being available. While an information site may tolerate several hours, revenue-generating sites may need to be restored much sooner to avoid losses.<\/p>\n

Solutions like Webhosting UK\u2019s Acronis Backup<\/a> service enable you to schedule automated backups at the frequency your RPO needs, while making recovery more straightforward.<\/p>\n

What a reliable website backup and recovery strategy looks like<\/strong><\/h3>\n

A reliable recovery strategy protects not just your website files, but also your databases, business email<\/a>, configuration settings, customer data and any applications you use to operate your site.<\/p>\n

Here is a checklist of the key features of a reliable strategy:<\/p>\n