http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/financialedge/archive/tags/backup/default.aspxTags: backupenCommunityServer 2007 SP2 (Debug Build: 20611.960)http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/financialedge/archive/2009/05/07/got-backup.aspxThu, 07 May 2009 11:29:00 GMTf90a95a0-00e2-4810-8af8-0bbdde08f853:41330Jennifer Maroney0http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/financialedge/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=41330http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/financialedge/archive/2009/05/07/got-backup.aspx#comments<p>Natural disasters, power outages, and hardware and network failures... Oh My! These things can&nbsp;happen at any time and&nbsp;could lead to unrecoverable data loss. Losing just one day&#39;s worth of data can be devastating to any organization, but if you back up monthly that&#39;s 30 days of data you could lose in a split second.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Ok, so you&#39;re probably saying to yourself, &quot;that will never happen to us&quot;.&nbsp; The truth is&nbsp;you never know what Mother Nature is going to throw your way.&nbsp;&nbsp;Don&#39;t depend on your luck; be prepared by creating and implementing a&nbsp;disaster recovery procedure.&nbsp; This procedure must include&nbsp;plans to back up important files daily, test the backups regularly, store them in a secure, off-site location, and take a copy with you if you evacuate.</p> <p>Check out the <a class="" href="http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/technical/archive/tags/Backup/default.aspx" target="_blank">Backup and Recovery</a> series on Inside the Edge for more details about the importance of backing up your database and testing it on&nbsp;a regular basis.&nbsp; </p> <p>Talk to you soon!</p><img src="http://forums.blackbaud.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=41330" width="1" height="1">The Ledger LowdownPayroll Post Notesbackup