= Does May First/People Link backup my data? =

Yes - we do back up all data on all of servers.

We have a three-prong approach:

 * All servers have redundant disks. If one disk fails, the server continues un-interrupted.
 * We backup all servers nightly to an onsite backup server that keeps 5 days worth of data.
 * We also backup all servers nightly to an off site backup server that overwrite every night.

Having said that... we always encourage our members to do their own backups. That's for a few reasons:

 * Our backups are designed primarily for disaster recover (the entire machine goes down). We cannot provide file recovery for accidental deletions or other mistakes.

 * No backup is fool proof. It's ''always'' a good idea for tripe or quadruple redundancy.

Only system administrators can [wiki:restore_from_backup restore data from a backup].