# Can I backup multiple times a day, and are they safe if the server goes down

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** backups\
**Created:** [March 10, 2024, 9:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-backup-multiple-times-a-day-and-are-they-safe-if-the-server-goes-down/298778 "2024-03-10T21:18:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![RGJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rgj/32/523185_2.png) [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-backup-multiple-times-a-day-and-are-they-safe-if-the-server-goes-down/298778/16 "2024-03-13T15:49:27Z")

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> [@Jagster](#):
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> I just can’t understand this why so many is against easy database backup more often. What’s behind it?

I’m not against it. I just don’t think I need it, and never needed it.

It wouldn’t be very hard or much work to create a plugin that does it. However, no one has built it. That’s probably a sign that it’s not that important to many 😉

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