**codl** @codl@chitter.xyz · 16 mar. 2018, 13:24

**codl** @codl@chitter.xyz · 16 mar. 2018, 13:24

codl @codl@chitter.xyz

folks.... instance admins........ back up you're databases

**The Leewit** @ghost_bird · 16 mar. 2018, 13:29

**The Leewit** @ghost_bird · 16 mar. 2018, 13:29

@codl Speaking as a DBA: you can never have too many backups. Use several different methods if you can, and keep them in as many different locations as you can manage.

**[rdh]** @rdh@mastodon.social · 16 mar. 2018, 14:16

**[rdh]** @rdh@mastodon.social · 16 mar. 2018, 14:16

@ghost_bird @codl speaking as *anyone* who does *anything* on a computer: consider anything that exists in only one location as already lost.

**The Leewit** @ghost_bird · 2018-03-16T14:36:20Z

The Leewit @ghost_bird

@rdh @codl That seems a bit extreme to me - some things genuinely aren’t worth the effort to back up. But consider the risks, yes.

16 mar. 2018, 14:36 · Amaroq · 0 · 1

**[rdh]** @rdh@mastodon.social · 16 mar. 2018, 15:41

**[rdh]** @rdh@mastodon.social · 16 mar. 2018, 15:41

@ghost_bird @codl
I agree, some things definitely aren't worth the effort. I have a ton of saved emoticons from back when MSN Messenger was a thing, that are only around due to blind luck and are definitely not backed up. But all of my photos of family are stored in several places, for example. If you consider it already lost, that puts you in the mindset to evaluate if you really care enough to keep it around.