iDrive for Wordpress is a Worth a Look
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7/2/2010 3:01 PM
iDrive for Wordpress is a Worth a Look
I recently came across a post on Weblog Tools Collection about a new plugin for Wordpress from iDrive. The cloud storage solution company is providing a free service to Wordpress owners to backup their site files along with their database files, up to 2 GB, for free. Install the plugin from the Wordpress.org site and you have a great backup and recovery strategy that works entirely behind the scenes.
After you install the plugin, create a new account with iDrive for your site backup and the plugin will backup everything for your site on a nightly basis at 12am. The process limits the amount of data sent at one time to not interfere with the normal operation of your site. And each subsequent nightly backup is an incremental backup, only the changed files are transferred. You can request an email be sent to an account when the backup completes and snapshot restores are provided.
Snapshots are site images for each of the last 10 backups. If you want to restore your site to the configuration you had three nights ago, you can easily do this with iDrive’s snapshot feature.
I tried out the service on one site to make sure that there was no interference with operation. The only issue is the number of files reported as part of the backup initially and the number of files that are backed up when the process ends. For some reason these two numbers do not match as reported on several other reviews. Yet all the files from the site are backed up.
If you hosting company reports a spike in CPU usage from the cron job during the backup process, you will need to switch to a different backup solution, but I did not experience this with my hosting provider.
12 comment(s) so far...
Re: iDrive for Wordpress is a Worth a Look
This is a brilliant idea. How many Wordpress sites are there out there and how many are being backed up?
The fact that this is a plug in rather than having to have access to the command-line is a huge plus
By Data Quality Tools on
7/5/2010 12:49 AM
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Re: iDrive for Wordpress is a Worth a Look
Well! I am happy with this new plugin iDrive but it has limits the amount of data sent at one time. I think it requires some alterations.
By Jabber Server on
7/6/2010 3:27 AM
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Re: iDrive for Wordpress is a Worth a Look
This is good to know about this kind of plug in ..but Will that allow me to transfer the site/hosting ? To do this I assume, first I would have to install wordpress in the site-to-be/hosting-to-be, include this plugin and do a restore??f it can’t do that then is it work properly??
By Hotels in Venice on
7/6/2010 8:46 AM
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Re: iDrive for Wordpress is a Worth a Look
iDrive sounds like a good news for Wordpress users...Thanks for updating us Steve...I gonna install it right now... :) Thanks again...
By Michelle on
7/10/2010 7:51 AM
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Re: iDrive for Wordpress is a Worth a Look
Its really wonderful that WordPress owners which are using this plug in canto backup their site files along with their database files, up to 2 GB.
By agriturismo nelle marche on
7/13/2010 10:46 AM
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Re: iDrive for Wordpress is a Worth a Look
iDrive features are excellent. This backup system is useful for web developers
By eGrove Systems on
7/14/2010 6:59 AM
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Re: iDrive for Wordpress is a Worth a Look
iDrive plug in has really wonderful feature through which user can make more attractive their blogs.
By Magento Hosting on
7/17/2010 8:55 AM
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Re: iDrive for Wordpress is a Worth a Look
I've downloaded iDrive on my PC. It's very reliable. I will try it in my WordPress.
By derby on
7/21/2010 4:56 AM
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Looking for a good word-press plug-in to add Flicker galleries and functionality to my site.Can you guide me please.
By Horse Racing Betting on
7/24/2010 1:54 AM
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Re: iDrive for Wordpress is a Worth a Look
This is a brilliant idea. How many Wordpress sites are there out there and how many are being backed up?
By printing services on
8/30/2010 4:05 AM
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Re: iDrive for Wordpress is a Worth a Look
Initial backup may take some time depending on amount of data; Incremental backup should be significantly faster. In addition, the bandwidth used for backup is throttled so as to not to impact the site usage...otherwise it properly work .
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9/11/2010 4:03 AM
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