Spark Rack

Data Backup Policy


Last updated on September 13th, 2021

Spark Rack does not offer redundant or mirrored backups. Spark Rack will run courtesy backups at our discretion. Any backups that Spark Rack runs are in addition to our Terms of Service and are not guaranteed. Customers are encouraged to run periodic backups through the provided by the control panel they use. Spark Rack recommends that you store such backups off site on your local system. Backups are kept for a maximum of 30 days. Backups older than 30 days will be overwritten with a newer backup, and it is the customer’s responsibility to download a backup before it is overwritten if the customer wishes to keep that copy of their data.Note: Spark Rack assumes no responsibility for failed backups, lost data, or data integrity. Spark Rack is unable to create automatic backups for sites above 10 gigabytes in size. You may create your own copies using SSH/Shell Access. Backups may be permanently deleted if payment fails on your account and the account is expired. It is the sole responsibility of the customer to make and keep copies of their data, and Spark Rack will not attempt to keep data (including backups) of accounts that have been expired or deleted or that are older than 30 days.

When are backups overwritten, and how many are kept at a time?

Daily backups: 7 are kept. These are rewritten at 3am every morning for each day of the week.
Weekly backups: 2 are kept. These are rewritten at 6pm every Sunday.
Monthly backups: 1 is kept. This snapshot is taken the 4th day of every month.