Backups that you have actually restored

Off-site, versioned backups of files, databases and mail, with retention that fits your business and a restore drill so you know it works before you need it. Set-up from €290.

Plan my backups
from€290set-up, excl. VAT 25.5%. Proposed price.

Your limits, as a backup rule

Oldest point you might need
suggested rulea rule, not a promise
  1. back upDatabase and files every night.
  2. keepKeep 14 daily, 8 weekly, 3 monthly.
  3. storeOff-site copy with another provider, restored to a fresh server when needed.
  4. drillQuarterly restore drill, timed against your 1 day limit.
restore points: web1.example.fisample server
(none)dailyweeklymonthly now2 d14 d90 d1 yr
Drag back to the moment a bad update, a hack or a deleted folder happened. The time axis is compressed.
Newest clean restore point1 day old
Changes to redo by hand1 day
Restore points kept25

Restore the daily backup from 1 day ago. Work done in the 1 day before the problem started has to be redone, plus anything since.

Set up this rule on my server

The tool runs in your browser and checks nothing on any server. Pikselipolku is an independent studio and is not affiliated with cPanel, LiteSpeed or any other product named here.

How the set-up runs

Usually two to four working days from access to the first timed restore. The date is in the written quote.

  1. 1

    Inventory

    Sites, databases, mailboxes, server configuration and what already backs up, if anything.

  2. 2

    Rule

    Schedule and retention agreed in writing, from your answers to the two questions above.

  3. 3

    Off-site

    Encrypted, versioned copies to storage in your name, with a different provider from the server.

  4. 4

    First drill

    A full restore to a separate test server, timed and written up before the job is called done.

  5. 5

    Alerts

    A failed or missing backup sends an email the same day, to you and to me.

A restore drill, written down

Three quarterly drills on one sample store. The second one failed, which is exactly why drills exist.

Each drill restores a real backup to a separate test server, never over the live site, and the clock runs from "fetch the backup" to "the shop takes a test order".

The record goes into your monthly report, so you can see restores working instead of trusting that they would.

restore drill / example-shop.fi / 2026-06-10sample, not a client
backup usednightly, 03:00
restored to203.0.113.30
target4 h
measured1 h 40 min
StepDetailTimeResult
FetchDownload from off-site storage, 4.6 GB19 minpass
FilesUnpack site files and uploads10 minpass
DatabaseImport 1.2 GB dump7 minpass
PointHosts-file entry to the test server2 minpass
Smoke testProduct images from 2026 missing14 minfail
Fix and re-runExclude rule too wide; fixed, re-backed up, restored48 minpass
$ ls wp-content/uploads/
2023  2024  2025
Outcome. An old exclude rule skipped the 2026 uploads folder. Fixed the same day; the live store was never affected. Without the drill, this would have been found during a real disaster.

Backup packages

Fixed prices in euros, excluding VAT 25.5%. The storage account is in your name, so the backups stay yours whoever runs the server.

Recommended

Backup set-up

€290from, per server proposed
  • Schedule and retention from your limits
  • Encrypted, versioned off-site copies
  • Alerts for failed or missing backups
  • First restore drill, timed and written up
Plan my backups

Backups in a care plan

€149from, per server per month proposed
  • Backups checked every month
  • Quarterly restore drill with a record
  • Patching and log review included
  • One-page monthly report
See care plans

Disaster recovery plan

€690from owner to confirm
  • Written recovery runbook for your server
  • Standby server image ready to launch
  • DNS and mail fail-over steps planned
  • Drill timed against your downtime limit
Ask about a recovery plan

If the first restore drill does not work, I fix the set-up and run the drill again at no extra cost. owner to confirm

When did you last restore one of your backups?

Plan my backups

When you do not need me for this

Good backups are boring. If yours already are, keep them that way.

  • 01Your store runs on a hosted platform such as Shopify. The platform backs up its servers; what you need is regular exports of products, customers and orders.
  • 02Your host already keeps off-site, versioned backups and you have restored from them yourself this year. A single drill from me is enough, not a new set-up.
  • 03You need to archive records for a fixed number of years. Backups are for recovery, not archiving; confirm your retention obligations with your accountant.

What gets backed up, and where it lives

A backup on the same server as the site is a convenience, not a backup. The copy that matters lives somewhere else. If the site was hacked, read hardening and malware cleanup before you restore.

Files

Site files, uploads and media, with cache folders excluded so backups stay small and fast.

Databases

Consistent dumps taken with --single-transaction, so a busy store backs up without locking checkout.

Mail

Mailboxes and forwarders, so a lost server does not mean lost inboxes.

Server configuration

Web server, PHP, cron and panel settings, so a rebuild takes hours, not days of guessing.

Off-site and versioned

A second provider or data centre, in storage you own; deleted or encrypted files cannot overwrite older versions.

Encrypted

Encrypted on the server before upload, with the key stored in your password manager as well as mine.

Questions about backups

How often should I back up?

As often as the data you can afford to lose. For a brochure site that changes monthly, nightly is plenty. For a store taking orders all day, back up the database every hour or more often, and files nightly. The tool above turns your answer into a schedule and retention you can check.

Where are the backups stored?

Off the server, with a different provider or data centre, in storage you own and can log in to. Copies are encrypted before they leave the server and versioned, so a deleted or encrypted file cannot overwrite older restore points. A local copy can stay on the server too, for fast restores.

Do you test restores?

Yes, that is the point. Every set-up ends with a full restore to a separate test server, timed and written down. After that, drills run quarterly or monthly depending on how long you can be down, and each one produces a short record like the sample above.

Plan my backups

Tell me what runs on the server and your answers to the two questions in the tool. You get a written rule and a fixed price within one working day.

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  • Finlayson mill, Tampere, 1820. Cotton mill founded in 1820 by James Finlayson; the red-brick mill and chimney still stand by the Tammerkoski rapids.
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