Every once in a while I hear of someone losing their data because they neglected the fact that they need to perform backups on a regular basis.  One of friends calls me up one day and tells me she lost 10 years worth of pictures when her hard drive crashed and was begging for help. Luckily I was able to recover her pictures and other data, but she was lucky, because I had the right tools for the job and the drive was physically accessible. When a web server crashes, it is a completely … [Read more...]