Forum backup.

[DrRageQuit 17]

Given recent events, and the forums new found popularity along with computers general ability to screw you over at a moments notice. Would it not be a good idea to implement a 24 hour (or even 6/12 hour) automated backup system?

I know it adds a little more load to the server, and theres a bit of work to set it up. But losing as much data as we have last night is terrible. Yes, most of the threads weren't "important" and even more of them were complete garbage, but a lot of really good suggestions threads have been lost, and may never be recreated.

If the server automatically generates a backup once or twice a day, and saves the last 3 backups (even on another server or user account with access only by one person), it wont impact the server too much, and will really save the embarrasing "sorry we lost all your shit again" thread.

Tonic, you seem to have your head buried deep within the forum backend a fair bit. Sort it out mate ;) If not with this forum version, but for the next one!