Why You Need Backups
A wiki is more than just a collection of pages; it is the institutional memory of your project, company, or community. Every edit, every image, and every discussion represents hours of collective effort.
Backups are your insurance policy against the unexpected. They provide the peace of mind that allows you to experiment, grow, and build without the fear of a single mistake erasing everything.
How Backups Are Useful
- Reverting Human Error: Accidental deletions or "mass-edits" gone wrong can be undone in minutes.
- Version Recovery: If a specific version of a complex extension or configuration fails, you can roll back to a known working state.
- Disaster Recovery: In the rare event of hardware failure, backups ensure your wiki is back online with zero data loss.
The Dangers of a "No-Backup" Strategy
The "Click" of Doom
A single mistaken SQL query or a script error can corrupt your entire database. Without a backup, that data is gone forever.
Ransomware & Malware
Public wikis are targets for bots. If your server is compromised, backups stored elsewhere are your only way out.
Provider Failures
Most platform providers only keep backups for 7 or 30 days. If you notice a problem too late, your old data is already overwritten.
The Ghost of History
MediaWiki is built on history. Losing your edit history destroys the accountability and evolution of your content.
Forever Retention:
Only at WorkspaceWiki
Standard platform providers think in weeks. We think in decades. Our Forever Retention policy ensures that your daily backups are never deleted.
"You cannot find this feature anywhere else in the industry. Most providers prune backups after 30 days to save costs. We invest in your history because we know how much it matters."
Protect Your Wiki NowChoosing a platform provider for your MediaWiki is a choice of where your history lives. When you choose WorkspaceWiki, you aren't just getting high-performance servers; you are getting a vault.
Our infrastructure is designed for longevity. We use redundant, geo-distributed storage to ensure that even a regional catastrophe won't affect your backups. With WorkspaceWiki, your knowledge isn't just hosted; it's preserved.