What is the frequency of your website backups?

The frequency of our website backups depends on several factors, including the criticality of data, update frequency, and business requirements. Here's a general overview of the backup frequency for our e-commerce website:

### 1. Database Backups:

- **Daily Backups**: We perform daily backups of our website's databases, including customer information, order history, product listings, and configuration settings. Daily backups help ensure that we capture the most recent data changes and minimize potential data loss in case of a system failure or data corruption.

### 2. File Backups:

- **Daily or Weekly Backups**: We also perform regular backups of website files, including website code, media files, themes, and plugins. The frequency of file backups may vary depending on the frequency of content updates, software changes, and other factors. Generally, we aim to perform file backups at least once a day or once a week to capture any changes or additions to website files.

### 3. Incremental Backups:

- **Hourly or Continuous Backups**: In addition to daily or weekly backups, we may implement incremental backup strategies that capture changes to website data in real-time or at regular intervals throughout the day. Incremental backups help reduce backup times, storage requirements, and potential data loss by capturing only the changes made since the last backup.

### 4. Transactional Data:

- **Real-Time or Near-Real-Time Backups**: For critical transactional data, such as online orders or financial transactions, we may implement real-time or near-real-time backup solutions that capture data changes as they occur. This ensures that we have up-to-date copies of transactional data available for recovery purposes and minimizes the risk of data loss associated with high-value transactions.

### 5. Testing and Validation:

- **Regular Test Restores**: Regardless of the backup frequency, we regularly perform test restores of backup data to verify its integrity and ensure that it can be successfully restored when needed. Testing backup restores helps identify any issues or errors in the backup process and ensures that we can recover data effectively in case of emergencies.

By implementing a combination of daily, weekly, incremental, and real-time backup strategies, we aim to maintain comprehensive and up-to-date backups of our e-commerce website data, minimize data loss risks, and ensure business continuity in the event of a disaster or data loss incident.