A backup of a site is a copy of its content, that's kept on another web server and may be restored if something happens. This option is very effective, since you can't know if a script update shall not crash or if you will not eliminate something by accident - a file, a folder, a database entry, etcetera. If your website is backed up, it may be restored the way it was until the problem appeared, so there shall not be any damage, or at least it shall be little, dependant upon the particular case. Keeping backups on your laptop or computer is not very feasible, simply because you would need to do it at least once a day and you can still lose data in case your last backup isn't recent enough. In this light, you will need to rely on your web hosting company, so you must double-check their policy on the backups, given that some providers generate backups just once every week, that will do no good if something wrong happens with a website that is being used and updated all the time, like an online store, for example.
Daily Data Back-up in Shared Website Hosting
If you acquire any of the shared website hosting solutions that we provide, you can leverage the backup function provided with our plans by default and without extra cost. We will set up a copy of your files and databases not once, but at least 4 times a day, so every time a problem shows up on your Internet site for some reason, we can swiftly restore everything, and in the worst type of scenario, your website will be restored the way it was just one or two hours ago. There are 2 ways for a backup to be restored - you can contact us using a support ticket and we shall do what’s needed on our end within an hour, or you may directly copy the content from the backup to the live website folder from the File Manager section of the Hepsia hosting CP, where you will find each of the backups that have been set up listed in chronological order.