Bluehost Web Hosting Help

Server Status: File System Rebuild

Although the file systems we use to store your data are very robust, as there are so many users files to index and update, it is always possible that an error could occur In order to ensure the preservation of data it is sometimes necessary to run an file system check (often referred to as an “fsck”). This will check the file system and repair any corrupted data.

There are times when a server becomes unresponsive or hardware malfunctions forcing a server or file system to be improperly shut down. These improper shutdowns will write the file system to disk. This process can cause corruption in the data. We mirror each hard drive so that if one fails completely, the other can take over, but sometimes errors are also copied over. Fixing such problems involves checking the file index against the contents of the drive and checking for consistency and the existence and types of data.

We encourage each clients to make personal backups of his website on a regular basis or, at least, as often as you make major changes as we cannot guarantee backups for you.

Knowledgebase Article 170,640 views bookmark tags: maintenance server


Was this resource helpful?

Did this resolve your issue?


Please add any other comments or suggestions about this content:





Recommended Help Content

Server Status FAQs

Server Status FAQ's

DDoS -- Denial of Service Attacks

The server is under a DDoS attack, what should I do?

VPS and Dedicated Hosting: Enabling FTP on New Servers

This article will explain how-to enable FTP on a newly provisioned VPS or Dedicated cPanel server. Since FTP is an unsecured connection point to the server, cPanel has it disabled by default in version 11.86 or prior.

Related Help Content

How to Change your Hosts File

The hosts file is a plain text file that allows you to set IP Addresses for a domain on your computer. This may override authoritative DNS.

Setting file and user permissions

Short tutorial on how to set file and user Permissions in cPanel.

CentOS 7 and cPanel Upgrades

VPS and Dedicated customers with servers running the CentOS 6 operating system will not be able to upgrade cPanel past version 86. The cPanel team will still support CentOS 6 with cPanel 86 until March 31st, 2021.

File Manager - How to Upload Files

This article will walk you through uploading files using the File Manager

File Manager - How to Compress Files into an Archive GZip

This article will explain how to utilize GZip through the file manager.

Password Protect a File

How do I Password Protect a single file on my website?

Cron Jobs with PHP and other File Types

This article will explain how to run php and other file types using Cron jobs.

Server Side Includes SSI

How do I use .html files to run SSI (Server Side Includes)?