- Challenge
- The Digital Project builds CMS, eCommerce and portfolio websites and hosts them in its OVH Cloud environment, on shared infrastructure for smaller sites and dedicated servers for larger ones. The CTO is responsible for hosting, infrastructure and backup and disaster recovery across all of them.
- Solution
- SimpleBackups handles file and MySQL backups, stored in Google Cloud Storage (EU redundant) as part of a decentralised approach that also includes VM snapshots and AWS CloudEndure for disaster recovery.
- Results
- File and MySQL backups in one tool.
- Backups stored in Google Cloud Storage (EU redundant).
- Alerts that reduce the need to watch monitors.
The Digital Project is a Milan-based digital agency of more than 20 people. Its websites run in an OVH Cloud environment, and its CTO looks after hosting, infrastructure and backup and disaster recovery.
A layered backup and recovery setup
The agency takes a decentralised approach. SimpleBackups handles file and MySQL backups, VM snapshots cover the servers, and AWS CloudEndure is used for disaster recovery.
Backups are stored in Google Cloud Storage (EU redundant).
Easy to set up, and fewer monitors to watch
The CTO found SimpleBackups easy to set up, with a strong interface. Alerts mean the team does not have to keep watching monitors constantly.
The agency also plans to use SimpleBackups' APIs to build a custom dashboard.
Why they recommend it
The CTO recommends SimpleBackups to sysadmins, developers, webmasters and DevOps teams. The praise is for the range of options, strong security including encrypted backups, the choice of storage and a pleasant interface.
Very simple to set up, excellent GUI, and excellent customer service.
SimoneCTO, The Digital Project
