OK, kids, here’s a lesson — back up even files other entities are saving for you. Here’s what I learned from my service, Hosting Matters:
The primary drive on this server failed over the weekend, and all sites were restored [on Sept. 22] from the last error-free backup, from Aug 29, which would account for both the stats and content gaps.”
Missing from the message were both an official or informal apology and a promise that steps are being taken to prevent this admittedly rare occurrence — never in the four years I’ve used this company — from happening again, or if it does that the most recent automatic back-up be one week or 10 days, not nearly a month.
I had drafts — minus varying amounts of polish, and all the hyperlinks — of the month’s three Brick essays in my Mac’s trash, which I deliberately don’t empty very often. Just in case.
