savemydb uses cron-style schedules, giving you full control over exactly when backups run.
Quick presets
The job creation form includes common presets you can use without writing a schedule manually:
Custom schedules
For anything else, use the visual schedule builder, or switch to custom mode and enter a schedule directly.
Schedules use six fields, in this order:
Always set the seconds field to 0 unless you specifically need sub-minute precision. A schedule like * */2 * * * * runs every single second during even-numbered minutes — almost never what’s intended. The correct schedule for “every 2 minutes” is 0 */2 * * * *.
Examples
Choosing a frequency
For most production databases, daily backups are a reasonable starting point. Increase frequency for databases with high write volume where losing more than a day of data would be costly, and reduce it for databases that change infrequently, to limit storage usage. 
