OMG!... No backups??? They would have a limited liability in their hosting agreement, but going with a host provider that doesn't backup is nuts! We have a client with 7000 subscribers in her db... losing that data would be tragic.
Read over the agreement closely though... you might be able to sue them. Benjamin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 9:31 AM Subject: hosting companies/backups > What kind of experience have those of you who do shared hosting had with > the hosting companies regarding backup of databases on shared machines? > > One of the shared hosting companies just had a primary drive failure on a > database server with 250 databases on it. They claim they have no > liability for the fact that the data was lost, and they have no backups. > > Anyone else experienced anything like this? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
