Comments on: Epic Fail… http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/06/13/epic-fail/ Content Theft, Plagiarism, Copyright Infringement Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:14:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Five Lies Your Host May Be Telling You http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/06/13/epic-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-130220 Five Lies Your Host May Be Telling You Wed, 09 Jun 2010 08:33:43 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=1273#comment-130220 [...] promises to provide nightly backups of your site and, for the most part, they do. Though sometimes host backups fail, they do actually exist. The problem is that they probably aren’t ones you can [...] [...] promises to provide nightly backups of your site and, for the most part, they do. Though sometimes host backups fail, they do actually exist. The problem is that they probably aren’t ones you can [...]

]]> By: Blogging Pitfalls: Failure to Backup | BloggingPro http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/06/13/epic-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-130179 Blogging Pitfalls: Failure to Backup | BloggingPro Wed, 26 May 2010 10:31:55 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=1273#comment-130179 [...] This happened to me once. I visited my Web site only to be greeted with a nasty server error. After nearly a day of tortured waiting, I found out that my server was completely hosed and the host’s backups had failed. My only option was to rebuild the server from the ground up. [...] [...] This happened to me once. I visited my Web site only to be greeted with a nasty server error. After nearly a day of tortured waiting, I found out that my server was completely hosed and the host’s backups had failed. My only option was to rebuild the server from the ground up. [...]

]]> By: Hostgator Introduces CPanel Backup Service http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/06/13/epic-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-130076 Hostgator Introduces CPanel Backup Service Tue, 04 May 2010 07:59:13 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=1273#comment-130076 [...] despite these space concerns, SAB is a good deal for my sites and, given my occasionally rough history with hosting, will help me sleep a lot better tonight.  Link to this page  Link to this page Copy [...] [...] despite these space concerns, SAB is a good deal for my sites and, given my occasionally rough history with hosting, will help me sleep a lot better tonight.  Link to this page  Link to this page Copy [...]

]]> By: How To Plan Hosting Disaster Recovery http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/06/13/epic-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-125470 How To Plan Hosting Disaster Recovery Fri, 08 May 2009 13:32:00 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=1273#comment-125470 [...] on June 12, disaster struck. My home page would not load and every attempt to access it resulted in a 500 error. I attempted to [...] [...] on June 12, disaster struck. My home page would not load and every attempt to access it resulted in a 500 error. I attempted to [...]

]]> By: girasquid (Luke) http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/06/13/epic-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-131868 girasquid (Luke) Sun, 09 Nov 2008 07:30:00 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=1273#comment-131868 <a href="http://twitter.com/slicehost" rel="nofollow">@slicehost</a> just out of curiosity, what does Slicehost have in place to prevent horror stories like this one? <a href="http://tinyurl.com/6lcfwd" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/6lcfwd</a> @slicehost just out of curiosity, what does Slicehost have in place to prevent horror stories like this one? http://tinyurl.com/6lcfwd

]]> By: girasquid (Luke) http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/06/13/epic-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-124533 girasquid (Luke) Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:30:51 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=1273#comment-124533 <a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/slicehost">@slicehost</a> just out of curiosity, what does Slicehost have in place to prevent horror stories like this one? <a href="http://tinyurl.com/6lcfwd" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/6lcfwd</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/slicehost">@slicehost just out of curiosity, what does Slicehost have in place to prevent horror stories like this one? http://tinyurl.com/6lcfwd

]]> By: 10 Rules for Finding Good Domain Hosting | The Blog Herald http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/06/13/epic-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-123005 10 Rules for Finding Good Domain Hosting | The Blog Herald Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:00:05 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=1273#comment-123005 [...] Since then, I have worked with over 2 dozen hosts (not counting copyright issues) and have set up a variety of sites and blogs for me, my friends and my clients. Most of my experiences have been good though I have, on a few occasions, been severely burned. [...] [...] Since then, I have worked with over 2 dozen hosts (not counting copyright issues) and have set up a variety of sites and blogs for me, my friends and my clients. Most of my experiences have been good though I have, on a few occasions, been severely burned. [...]

]]> By: Jonathan Bailey http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/06/13/epic-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-122672 Jonathan Bailey Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:03:44 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=1273#comment-122672 <a href="#comment-116699" rel="nofollow">@Christina Warren</a> -<br>This is a great idea! Thank you very much for sharing this. I don't think I'm going to stay with MT because my databases seem to be constantly in "burst" mode due to the volume of this site (even with Super Cache on in many cases) so a VPS will also be less expensive. However, I definitely could see how this script could be modified for any host, as you mentioned. I'm going to give it a closer look this weekend. Great work on this. @Christina Warren -
This is a great idea! Thank you very much for sharing this. I don’t think I’m going to stay with MT because my databases seem to be constantly in “burst” mode due to the volume of this site (even with Super Cache on in many cases) so a VPS will also be less expensive. However, I definitely could see how this script could be modified for any host, as you mentioned. I’m going to give it a closer look this weekend. Great work on this.

]]> By: Jonathan Bailey http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/06/13/epic-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-118347 Jonathan Bailey Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:03:44 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=1273#comment-118347 <a href="#comment-116699" rel="nofollow">@Christina Warren</a> - This is a great idea! Thank you very much for sharing this. I don't think I'm going to stay with MT because my databases seem to be constantly in "burst" mode due to the volume of this site (even with Super Cache on in many cases) so a VPS will also be less expensive. However, I definitely could see how this script could be modified for any host, as you mentioned. I'm going to give it a closer look this weekend. Great work on this. @Christina Warren –
This is a great idea! Thank you very much for sharing this. I don't think I'm going to stay with MT because my databases seem to be constantly in "burst" mode due to the volume of this site (even with Super Cache on in many cases) so a VPS will also be less expensive. However, I definitely could see how this script could be modified for any host, as you mentioned. I'm going to give it a closer look this weekend. Great work on this.

]]> By: Christina Warren http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/06/13/epic-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-116699 Christina Warren Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:17:42 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=1273#comment-116699 Jonathan, Enjoy your trip! I was partially inspired by your post to put together a guide for making nightly backups of files on the Grid to Amazon S3. The post (which includes a generic backup script) is here http://www.christinawarren.com/2008/06/24/s3-backup-media-temple-gs/ -- if you decide to stay with Media Temple (though it would work with any host). I don't know what kind of solution you are using now, but I know that the $1.50 a month I spend for S3 (and I don't just use it for my website, my photos are what take up most of that space) is worth the peace of mind, knowing I have a backup every day. Jonathan,

Enjoy your trip! I was partially inspired by your post to put together a guide for making nightly backups of files on the Grid to Amazon S3. The post (which includes a generic backup script) is here http://www.christinawarren.com/2008/06/24/s3-backup-media-temple-gs/ — if you decide to stay with Media Temple (though it would work with any host).

I don’t know what kind of solution you are using now, but I know that the $1.50 a month I spend for S3 (and I don’t just use it for my website, my photos are what take up most of that space) is worth the peace of mind, knowing I have a backup every day.

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