Most people know that they should "backup". And most folks have either a regular or irregularly timed set of backups. You've probably heard (or maybe had your own) horror stories of the results of insufficient backup.
However, it's not "backup" that you need, it is *RESTORATION*. Full, complete restoration of a running system. In the business this is referred to as "disaster recovery" or "continuity of business". I find that this is almost always sorely lacking in reality.
The way to know if you've can recover is to, well, do a restoration. So try this out as a test: go recover your work (or your running website) from 5 days ago, and from 25 days ago. If this seems too difficult, for any reason, (common reasons might be: don't have extra machines, too much time, interferes with running website) then you actually have a problem. Consider solving that problem today before you find yourself in a disaster scenario.
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