For this is you have to fill in a Restoration Request form. It must be done by a root user for the server. Restoring a full backup is not possible through the cPanel interface. If it has been more than a week after the last backup then the latest round of backups will overwrite your previous backup.

If your account is suspended less than a week after the last backup then you may have access to your backups. Ideally, there must be an easy option to track if the backups are being done and notification system for the same must be reliable. If you exceed the size or number of files limit, then HostGator recommends that you contact them for assistance. It shows up in a bar on the left side of your cPanel dashboard. You can track your usage (number of files and size) in your cPanel dashboard.

This means that even if you take up the responsibility of backing up your site regularly and maintaining the backups yourself, you might run into a lot of issues with processes.Ī screenshot of the limits on file size, and number on HostGator’s backup If your site(s) has more than 150,000 files then HostGator recommends that you contact them for assistance. You can only generate manual backups using the Create Backup tool in the cPanel dashboard that too up to 150,000 files. If you exceed this limit then your website will not be backed up automatically. Your account is only eligible for automatic backups if it has less than 100,00 files and is less than 20GB. as part of backup best practices suggests that at least three copies of a backup must be maintained in three different off-site locations. Ideally, multiple copies of backups need to stored. Restoring from that version may not be the best solution. If you have a problem with your site, then chances are that the latest backup will also have the same problems. Each new round of backups overwrites the previous one. Only one copy of backup is stored by HostGator. Ideally, we believe that automatic backups must be done daily. There is no fixed day or time when your site(s) are backed up each week. However, this is done on a random day of the week. HostGator creates backups of your site once every week. HostGator Backups: What do you get? Frequency: Only once a week A screenshot of HostGator’s pricing for WordPress website hosting

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