How can I keep track of player data better to ensure people don't lose their data?

[Exodia_Dev (Exodia)]

1. What do you want to achieve?
   Hello everyone, I am working on a game with a group of people and am making the datastore script right now. When it comes to saving player data I usually I reuse my datastore script that I have as it hasn’t failed me, but it is no where near flawless. I don’t know enough about datastores to use datastore2, and I want to make sure I am able to keep track of a player’s data in the case it doesn’t save. So, this goes into my issue I have encountered.

2. What is the issue?
   How can I ensure the player’s data isn’t lost and make sure I have a record of the data on hand when it doesn’t save properly? I would like to learn to make better datastores if there are good sources that I can look at.

3. What solutions have you tried so far?
   I have tried to learn to use datastore2, but once again I don’t have enough knowledge about datastores to know if I am using it correctly. I have thought about using Discord Webhook’s but that goes down the drain after 5 seconds when I remember it’s against Discord ToS.
   I have also looked for posts here on the Dev Forum to see if they have what I need but I couldn’t find anything when searching.

I would honestly be more than happy to learn more about datastores to create the best experience for players in the game I am working on. If there are any applications I can use to send some sort of warning to containing a player’s last recorded set of data to help recover their data I wouldn’t mind using them, especially if it’s using HTTP service to send the data to an external application.
I just want to ensure the safety of the data of players so they have a good experience when playing my game.

[Nimcbyte (nrbtq)]

Here:

How to use DataStore2 - Data Store caching and data loss prevention

DataStore2 Documentation | News | Source DataStore2 is an open source module that uses berezaa’s method of saving data that prevents data loss, caches, and verifies data before saving. DataStore2 has been used in my game visited by 120 million players with a constant concurrent player count of around 3,000 - 8,000 players, one time reaching 12,000 concurrent players. @AlreadyPro’s latest game Fairy World has 3 million visits and a consistent concurrent player count above 1,000, and a peak of 5…

And if you are more of a video learning type of person:

Roblox DataStore2 Tutorial - ADVANCED DEVELOPERS ONLY (NOT NORMAL DATASTORE)

[oofblocks (oofblox)]

datastore2 is confusing id rather make my own datastore

[Nimcbyte (nrbtq)]

No problem man, do whatever u feel comfortable with. I myself don’t use datastore2 I prefer the first one, but for extra security people recommend datastore2, I have had no problems with datastore in the past when saving values.

[Exodia_Dev (Exodia)]

This is the same boat that I am in unfortunately. I have already watched AlvinBlox’s video and looked at kampkarren’s post about datastore2. Beyond the demonstrations it can be confusing and I want to make my own datastore that isn’t prone to losing data, and it also makes a nice learning experience.

[Exodia_Dev (Exodia)]

I really appreciate the links, but I have viewed this material already. Like I said in my reply to @oofblocks, part of me making this post is to learn more about datastores so I can make my own secure data saving methods, or even understand datastore2 better so I can use it to it’s fullest potential. datastore2 can be confusing to learn and I want to improve my understanding of datastores over all.