# Multiple Daily Backups

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-daily-backups/211951>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [December 13, 2021, 12:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-daily-backups/211951 "2021-12-13T12:37:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-daily-backups/211951/8 "2021-12-13T19:34:34Z")

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> [@Jagster](#):
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> In PHP/MySQL-world backuping database using cron would be really easy to do

You can setup PostgreSQL backups with cron too. Nothing different here.

> [@yhh9xdq7d](#):
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> Does running Discourse with a separate PostgreSQL server reduce speed by being on a different server?

Not in any relevant way. Every Discourse instance we host, like this one here, uses a database in a dedicated server.

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