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I tell my boss that I am fully backed up.
She thinks I am swamped with work. Gives new tasks to someone else.
My backup method works well.
tar
So far is everything ok?
gzipped tar
What’s a backup? Never heard, sorry.
OVH or WebNX?
Configure your server with old, vulnerable versions of software so that other people can make a backup of your data, for free.
bu-backup (rsync)
Setup a remote location in WHM, and send you daily cpanel backups there.
I backup my most important files to /dev/null twice daily. Greatest success.
tar gzipped
Another vps or two with folders and database synchronized. Sometimes script can even select the main node - by changing ip with Cloudflare DNS if they have a consensus. Need 3 vps for this, so 2 others agree on a dead one automatically.
borgbackup with borgbase, i'm really happy with it
cron + tar + rclone + school GSuite account that seems to allow unlimited storage.
You're welcome
Jetbackup + S3.
For those comfortable with the cli, using a common Linux distro, and desiring encryption then Duplicity is an option.
If I were you, I would stop using unlimited GSuite for backups, because there is no privacy with Google, and I would use all that unlimited free storage for mining Filecoin.
Edit: I know, I am evil.
I make a folder on the same drive I’m backing up and then copy everything into that folder.
If something happens to the drive then I just go into the backup folder on that drive to get the files back!
I would recommend/vouch for JetBackup on cPanel.
Multi-tiered backups
If you use tar/rsync, make sure you're using tar 1.32 and rsync 3.2.3 with zstd support as they're much faster https://blog.centminmod.com/2021/01/30/2214/fast-tar-and-rsync-transfer-speed-for-linux-backups-using-zstd-compression/
Does the account backup option in the cpanel also backup my database?
Yes of course, it is a full backup including files, db and everything else.
download all files, download two .sql files, upload it to google drive ez pz
I always do backup and backup's backup.
Veeam is prem
Send in a tech to hotswap every night
Short version: Borgmatic to BorgBase.com, or sometimes a thumb drive.
(Slightly 😅) longer version: https://docs.borgbase.com/strategy/
Some people mentioning gzipped tar - worth keeping in mind that any corruption in these files causes loss of everything following the corruption. It’s not a particularly safe format once you get into the many GB region
I use Borg for regular backups, with monthly raw tar backups to LTO tape in case of issues with Borg
First of all this depend from what you want backup. If this related to cPanel user account then internal cPanel backups should be enough. For more security you can download your full backups to reliable filehosting services or something like Google Drive, Yandex Drive, Microsoft OneDrive.
If you are cPanel host then you still can use internal cPanel backups to separate drive and/or to remote storage.
If you are dedicated server owner then you can use R1Soft, Acronis CDP backup solution to make backups for whole system - they are commercial product but open source solution also exist (let's say Bacula for example). If you don't need CDP you can use just rsync - in most case it is absolutely enough to make backups of Linux/BSD system.