Comments on: 2 Things to Consider so You can Avoid the Biggest IT Disaster Possible http://churchm.ag/2-things-to-consider-so-you-can-avoid-the-biggest-it-disaster-possible/ Exploring the Intersection of Church and Technology Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:17:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: NovaBackup Review http://churchm.ag/2-things-to-consider-so-you-can-avoid-the-biggest-it-disaster-possible/#comment-14816 NovaBackup Review Mon, 31 Jan 2011 03:23:17 +0000 http://churchit.com/?p=354#comment-14816 I am a telecommuter and write articles on weekends to raise extra cash. I have been burned without backups twice, and now I will only use a mainstream hosting company. Complete data loss happens more than you think. This is the problem: you can backup your articles, posts, and Wordpress pages, but what about the fantastic comments from followers. You comments are critical to success on some many levels. I strongly recopmmend that you use the hosting company's backup service and backup to your PC. Then use professional backup software for data protection and restoration. I got a computer worm recently and now I am a serious believer in professional restoration. Josh. I am a telecommuter and write articles on weekends to raise extra cash. I have been burned without backups twice, and now I will only use a mainstream hosting company. Complete data loss happens more than you think.

This is the problem: you can backup your articles, posts, and WordPress pages, but what about the fantastic comments from followers. You comments are critical to success on some many levels. I strongly recopmmend that you use the hosting company’s backup service and backup to your PC. Then use professional backup software for data protection and restoration.

I got a computer worm recently and now I am a serious believer in professional restoration.

Josh.

]]> By: John Saddington http://churchm.ag/2-things-to-consider-so-you-can-avoid-the-biggest-it-disaster-possible/#comment-14815 John Saddington Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:38:12 +0000 http://churchit.com/?p=354#comment-14815 you have to! you have to!

]]> By: John Saddington http://churchm.ag/2-things-to-consider-so-you-can-avoid-the-biggest-it-disaster-possible/#comment-14814 John Saddington Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:35:26 +0000 http://churchit.com/?p=354#comment-14814 yikes! yikes!

]]> By: John Saddington http://churchm.ag/2-things-to-consider-so-you-can-avoid-the-biggest-it-disaster-possible/#comment-14813 John Saddington Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:31:58 +0000 http://churchit.com/?p=354#comment-14813 ouch. ouch.

]]> By: John Saddington http://churchm.ag/2-things-to-consider-so-you-can-avoid-the-biggest-it-disaster-possible/#comment-14812 John Saddington Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:30:19 +0000 http://churchit.com/?p=354#comment-14812 good point! good point!

]]> By: Travis Fish http://churchm.ag/2-things-to-consider-so-you-can-avoid-the-biggest-it-disaster-possible/#comment-14811 Travis Fish Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:07:30 +0000 http://churchit.com/?p=354#comment-14811 Great reminder. Backing up. Great reminder. Backing up.

]]> By: Matty Phelps http://churchm.ag/2-things-to-consider-so-you-can-avoid-the-biggest-it-disaster-possible/#comment-14810 Matty Phelps Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:10:08 +0000 http://churchit.com/?p=354#comment-14810 Yesterday a local company had a server lock up, taking down their entire network (including POS machines) AND their website. First mistake is having mission critical programs use a single, problem-prone server (it goes down a lot). Second mistake is hosting their website in-house using a single internet connection that is shared with the entire campus. My suggestions? 1-use a server run by an established hosting company, and 2-considering the major difference in highs and lows of activity this company has, I'd look into combining at least 2 servers as a cloud. If one fails just have the other powerful enough to handle the load by itself until the first can be fixed. Plus, additional servers can be switched on during busy times to handle the additional load. BTW, this company has no IT department. Just a single person (who isn't in IT) who was appointed to take care of the network because he "somewhat knew what [he] was doing" (his words). Yesterday a local company had a server lock up, taking down their entire network (including POS machines) AND their website. First mistake is having mission critical programs use a single, problem-prone server (it goes down a lot). Second mistake is hosting their website in-house using a single internet connection that is shared with the entire campus.

My suggestions? 1-use a server run by an established hosting company, and 2-considering the major difference in highs and lows of activity this company has, I’d look into combining at least 2 servers as a cloud. If one fails just have the other powerful enough to handle the load by itself until the first can be fixed. Plus, additional servers can be switched on during busy times to handle the additional load.

BTW, this company has no IT department. Just a single person (who isn’t in IT) who was appointed to take care of the network because he “somewhat knew what [he] was doing” (his words).

]]> By: jasonmcc68 http://churchm.ag/2-things-to-consider-so-you-can-avoid-the-biggest-it-disaster-possible/#comment-14809 jasonmcc68 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:22:59 +0000 http://churchit.com/?p=354#comment-14809 As far as the web goes, my church site is hosted on Network Solutions and they do backups of our sites. We also pay to have our site and server monitored for hacks or exploits (we were a victim before we were a customer). As far as Data backups in house we have redundant backups and offsite backups. As far as the web goes, my church site is hosted on Network Solutions and they do backups of our sites. We also pay to have our site and server monitored for hacks or exploits (we were a victim before we were a customer).

As far as Data backups in house we have redundant backups and offsite backups.

]]> By: Aaron Melton http://churchm.ag/2-things-to-consider-so-you-can-avoid-the-biggest-it-disaster-possible/#comment-14808 Aaron Melton Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:38:10 +0000 http://churchit.com/?p=354#comment-14808 Using GoDaddy *is* a big IT disaster. Using GoDaddy *is* a big IT disaster.

]]> By: Kevin http://churchm.ag/2-things-to-consider-so-you-can-avoid-the-biggest-it-disaster-possible/#comment-14807 Kevin Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:52:48 +0000 http://churchit.com/?p=354#comment-14807 Off site backups are awesome. RAID is too, but only if it's used for redundancy and not for making 2 little drives one bigger drive. Off site backups are awesome. RAID is too, but only if it’s used for redundancy and not for making 2 little drives one bigger drive.

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