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You have backups. How long until you’re back online?
Most providers advertise backups. Very few advertise restore time — the only thing that matters when the site goes down. Enter its size and see.
An estimate with typical assumptions — not a measurement of your own site. The real time depends on the destination, the server load and the database structure. What matters isn't how much space you buy, but how much guaranteed restore time you're given.
The question nobody asks
“I have a backup” doesn’t mean “I’m covered”
The backup is half the question. The other half — the one that counts on the day of the disaster — is how long it takes to come back. An e-shop that’s down for three hours on Black Friday isn’t saved by the fact that “there was a copy”.
And restore time isn’t about disk size. It’s about where the copy is kept (local or remote), how fast it downloads, and how long the database takes to import. That’s why you’re not buying space — you’re buying a guaranteed restore time.
How the estimate is made
It’s a model with typical assumptions, not a measurement of your site. The time breaks down into four parts: transferring the copy, decompressing, importing the database, and verifying.
Try the local / remote switch and see how much the time changes — without changing the size. That difference is the whole point.
What managed backup means at Smarthost
A copy close by, and a tested restore
A local copy for speed, a remote one for safety, and — most importantly — a test restore, so we know the time before you need it.
Do you know how long your site takes to come back?
If the answer is “no idea”, that’s exactly the risk. Send us your site and we’ll tell you.