November 2, 2026
Hosting, Security & Compliance, Web Hosting Canada
Short answer: A website backup strategy is only as good as your last successful restore. Decide how much data you can afford to lose and how long you can be offline. Back up the files and the database together, on a schedule that matches how often the site changes. Keep at least three copies, and make sure one of them sits outside your hosting account, ideally offline or impossible to...