Importance of Data Backup

It was about a week ago that I happen to see a post about the self/host backup feature of read platform and I tried it myself and it worked. Before I take you to the steps on how to back-up your articles, let me first share to you the importance of backups.

So what is actually a backup or data backup? It is a copy of an important information that you usually store in a different location which you can go through for restoration in case their will be problems occurring in your system. In organizations, businesses and offices, data is regarded as one of the most important assets and it has a big value, that's why back-up measures are really implemented.

Why do organizations have backups? It is actually a precautionary measure, that you secure important information that you can actually restore in cases of catastrophic failures. Catastrophic events are not expected which may include but not limited to natural or man-made disasters such as fire, earthquake, tsunami, typhoon or system failures in which the possibility of having your data back through the system would not be possible.

So how often should we do backups? It depends on the backup policy and strategy of the organization. There are some who have daily backups, weekly backups and monthly backups. Organizations really invest on backup storage which can be on a particular site or in the cloud.

We as individuals, we can have backups for our files too. Files can include important documents, pictures, music, video. We can store it in flashdrives, memory cards, external drives or even in the cloud like Google Drive. We just have to decide, which data should have backup and also consider the capacity of the storage.

Self host/Backup Feature of Read

I am happy that backup feature is actually available in this platform, because I for one, consider my write-ups as an important asset because of course, I invested time and effort in making those articles. So now let me take you to the steps I underwent.

In the bottom portion of read you will see a self host, just click it.

After you click it, you will be directed to this article. This is an article created a year ago, as a heads up for writers who wants to download or have a copy of their write-ups in case catastrophic problems will happen in this platform.

The details of the rationale of the back-up scheme is the article, you can read through and then in the lower portion, you can see the download the backup. Just click the phrase, and your backup will be downloaded in a zip file.

After downloading the zip file, you can see it in the downloads you have to to unzip the file/ extract the files so that you can see the content.

After extracting the file, you can click the folder and you will see the contents. Please select index for you to have a full view of all your articles.

Once you have clicked index, you will see the articles written in chronological order.

Clicking an article brings you to the article content in html format. The page does not look the same with what is shown in the platform but enough for you to have the whole article and the photos.

So that's it, that's how simple to make a backup of your articles here in read and it will up to you on how often are you going to do it.

CONCLUSION

Data backup is important not only for organizations or business but also for us individuals who give value to our data as an asset. Our data in this platform is valuable and we are happy that backup feature is included. Catastrophic events might happen so don't forget to have your own timing of backup.

So have you tried the self-host/backup feature? If not, this article is best for you! If you have some thoughts about back-ups that you want to share, please let me know in the comment section.

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