Talk:Automated domain snapshots

Renaming this article
I think this article ought to be named Automated domain snapshots. The article Backups ought to be a redirect to Backup. It's too confusing to have different articles with such similar names.

However, I'm not able to move this article! There ought to be a tab Move next to the tab Edit at the top of the page, but I don't see it. Does anyone else? Is this page move-protected somehow? (For instructions on moving pages, see Moving a page by wikimedia. --JimDeLaHunt | Talk 16:36, 7 Jul 2006 (PDT)


 * I tried being clever and moving the page using a URL http://wiki.dreamhost.com/index.php?title=Special:Movepage&target=Backups . When I submitted the "move page" form, it gave me an error message, "Protected". I think I need an administrator's help to make this change. --JimDeLaHunt | Talk 16:45, 7 Jul 2006 (PDT)


 * User:Scjessey unprotected this article. His comments: "Please be extremely cautious changing things around here, because the page is very popular (with many wiki and discussion forum links). Your proposed rename is rather verbose - it would be better if there was a "backup" category that contained the several related articles." I'm not worried about breaking links: I'll make Backups a redirect to Backup, which is a portal of links to all kinds of articles on backups.  Making a category for Backup is also a good idea. --JimDeLaHunt | Talk 23:29, 8 Jul 2006 (PDT)

Done! I've refactored the Backup topics a little bit. Article Backup is now a general portal to articles on backup tools and techniques. Dreamhost's automated domain snapshot service is now described in Automated domain snapshots; the old article name Backups now redirects to Backup. There is also a  . I encourage you to tag any appropriate article with   and add a reference to it in article Backup. And, please be bold and make any improvements to this scheme as you see fit. --JimDeLaHunt | Talk 23:22, 9 Jul 2006 (PDT)

.backup
This .backup capability. Is this a linux feature? If so, what is its official name? I want to enable it on my linux box at home.

Yost 21:18, 15 Aug 2006 (PDT)


 * I assume you mean ".snapshot". If so, it's a common feature of network-attached storage devices and was pioneered by Network Appliance in the early 1990s.  Today similar functionality can be found in other devices, including those from EMC.  --Sfoskett 14:38, 5 Sep 2006 (PDT)

SQL?
Presumably the automated backup doesn't include MySQL databases? Also, what about configuration settings for the hosting account? --Kingboyk 04:40, 11 Nov 2006 (PST)
 * That's correct. See Backup_MySQL and Auto Backup for saving databases. Depends what you mean by "configuration settings." Hidden (dot) files in your home area are included in snapshots, but other system settings kept elsewhere are not. --Pseudomonad 15:21, 11 Nov 2006 (PST)
 * Thanks again. pSek had a backup where everything was saved, MySQL databases, cPanel settings, the lot. Oh well! :) --Kingboyk 05:38, 13 Nov 2006 (PST)

Charged for .snapshot disk space?
Say if users are "charged" for .snapshot disk space? I.e., if it counts toward their disk quota. Jidanni 15:50, 24 December 2007 (PST)
 * I can't say officially, but I would be very surprised if users were "charged" for the .snapshot backup space in their quota. Normally, automated backups that users have no control over or access to delete are not included in a service's quota amount. Regardless, the backups are I'm sure using a snapshot method that stores the differential between previous and changed data, so the backups would take only a fraction of the full amount of space that the original files took (which is another reason they are unlikely to be counted towards quota). --DavidSzp 20:08, 27 December 2007 (PST)