Posts Tagged ‘FTP’

A fast and easy way backing-up your server’s data!

Almost everyone knows – that this task should be done regularly, but way to few people do it!

What do I mean?

Simply … BACKUPS

You can do backups for all kind of things, your family photos, your important documents etc.
I hope that most people do those backups, because data loss is not nice.

However as a backup of your files in the private environment is a “Nice To Do”… it is a “Must To Do” when talking about business.

It is important that your files online (scripts, webpages, etc.) and databases are backed up regularly.

It may happen fast that something you did to your CMS, like an upgrade or something like that breaks your website totally.
Reversing this upgrade or fixing it often takes a huge amount of time (in case even possible).
To bad if your page that just broke is your money page.

However it does not have to be like that. If you do regular backups and backups before each minor and major upgrade of your scripts that you use at your website then you will be fine. If something breaks apart just load the backed-up version of the files and database and your back online again.

While this all makes sense, I have recognized that way to few people make backups of their pages?

How come people tent to forget to make backups?

Hmm … maybe … it might be that they are just to busy, doing their daily works, or anything else.

Reason 1

I think one of the reason that to few people do backup is, that they think it is to complicated.

That is not true though, making backups is not complicated at all.

If you own a webpage that is running on a shared host, it might be or it is very likely that you have access to some kind of backend-system like cpanel.
Use your cpanel feature called „backups“ to download backups of your files and databases.

Reason 2

Another reason why just few people do backups is because it takes to long to download and upload files from and to their servers.

This is especially true when you try to down or upload a large number of files. Content Management Systems like Joomla, Drupal and Wordpress as well as eCommerce Applications like Magento for instance have the characteristic to have a ton files (we are talking about several thousands here).

Many files take ages to load! – Example

When I first tried to make a backup of a magento store it took me about 2 hours downloading all the files via FTP.

The problem at this point was not the size of the files itself but the number of files.
Uploading them to use the backup took even longer!

Saving up to 90% percent of the download time!

Wasting that much time was and is definitely not an option so I decided to do all my backups different in future.
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The Six Best FTP Programs
(FREE and PAID)

Being a webmaster or programmer it may happen that you need to up and download many files to your server on a daily basis. Having an easy to use and affordable, feature rich program to assist you at your file transfer processes is a must have and I was searching and comparing days to finally find my personal best choice. What I had compared and what choice I finally made is written in this post. While I wish you a lot of fun reading, I hope that I will save you a lot of time while deciding about your best choice.

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) programs are a means to transfer files from one place to another.

Typically it is used to transfer files from a local computer to a remote computer, server or the Internet. Website designers often use FTP programs to upload completed files to their webhost so they can view their newly created designs.

The six FTP programs that lead the market are …. hmmm… wait a second not all FTP programs are created equally. It is important to compare various programs to see which ones suit your needs. In order to compare, though, you should have a list of common comparison factors, that i will give just now

How to Compare FTP Programs

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