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  • Clean_Franck
    So Fucking Banned
    • Jan 2007
    • 399

    #1

    Backing up a website;

    What is the best way to back up a website on a server do you think?
    Host it on another server?
    Save it all to another harddrive?
    Whats the most effective and safe way do you think
  • k0nr4d
    Confirmed User
    • Aug 2006
    • 9231

    #2
    raid + offsite daily backups
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    • Kron
      Confirmed User
      • Jan 2005
      • 1668

      #3
      off site for sure
      I dont exchange money!

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      • RusF
        Registered User
        • Oct 2005
        • 17

        #4
        You can just write a small shell script which uses cp to copy your wwwroot to another location (drive) and dump your MySQL tables w/ the mysqldump command.

        Or, if you have a fast connection from one server to another you can write a small shell script which uses scp (secure copy) to copy your wwwroot to another server, dump your MySQL tables and scp them, then run the backed up sql code to insert the database on the new server

        Eventually you can use cron to do it daily or so. Your host should be able to set it up, its just a couple of lines.

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        • Clean_Franck
          So Fucking Banned
          • Jan 2007
          • 399

          #5
          so you recommend storage on a harddrive?

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          • Star 69
            Confirmed User
            • Nov 2005
            • 8602

            #6
            Originally posted by k0nr4d
            raid + offsite daily backups
            And if we are talking about low budget projectcs and raid is too expansive???

            Originally posted by pornopete
            there is no need to backup sites. Everything is in google cache, so when you loose your site just get it from google cache! !
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            Never heard about google cache
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            • MickeyG
              Confirmed User
              • May 2004
              • 4134

              #7
              rsynch

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              • hjnet
                Confirmed User
                • May 2002
                • 3815

                #8
                Most Control Panels have a built in backup solution, so that would do the job pretty well. I've written a bash script for my servers to copy everything important to another server. That works too till the day when all my servers have a HD failure at the same time

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                • D Ghost
                  null
                  • May 2006
                  • 9819

                  #9
                  definitely need offsite

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