Server backup solutions

[Brujah]

What do you use for online server backups?

[Denny]

Bump!

[FoxtrotAlpha]

Personally, I have a scheduled command which packs the data into a tar (no compression) and copies it to another of my servers (using SCP in linux).

I guess the ideal way to backup your stuff depends on what kind of site you run, how much data you have, etc.

If you have a database-heavy server, you could setup replication to a small server so it automatically replicates all data.

On my previous setup, the websites ran in a virtual machine which I could take an entire copy/clone of regularly and store it wherever appropriate. Not ideal if you don't know how to set that up, but it has the benefit of being able to restore the entire system (OS, files, etc) as is.

[johnnyloadproductions]

I'd be interested to know what people use for a site that is beyound 4GB. Of course you can ftp most of the stuff to some extent.
cPanel makes tar balls very conveniently to download, not good if you have lots of content though.

[Fenris Wolf]

Clonebox from http://www.bettercgi.com will do the trick.

[FoxtrotAlpha]

You can do incremental backups in linux using rsync, to another server you own (could even buy a cheap VPS).

You'll save a lot of money if you learn how to use such utilities instead of paying for 'backup solutions' which do the same thing.

The modern way is to run everything in a virtual machine and clone it regularly onto a secondary server, then you have an identical VM ready to run if your primary one dies.

[BNMedia]

I have incremental backups run daily as part of my managed hosting package.

[Spudstr]

We use r1soft's solution for our backups.

[livexxx]

word press for drop box , account setup on a box using a Nas, does the content and the HTML every couple of days for all of them

[CYF]

You can do incremental backups in linux using rsync, to another server you own (could even buy a cheap VPS).

+1, basically what I do. I finally got around to automating it so all my backups are done automatically now.