One of the most important keys to not losing data in the event of hardware failure, misconfiguration, hackers and simple mistakes is to keep regular backups of the data you want to preserve. The articles here are design to assist a Server Admin create and restore backups of the data. In addition to the articles we have a few recommendations:

1. Make regular backups at specified intervals.
2. Store backups on a different device than the original data.
3. Keep logs of backup success and failure.
4. Test restoring the backups at regular intervals.
5. Automate the process as much as possible.

We hope that following these tips will aid you as much as possible when you are in need of a restore.