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What are you guys using for VPS backups these days?
tech_withr_s
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I've been looking at my backup setup lately and started wondering what everyone else is doing.
It's pretty easy to say "I have backups," but when something actually breaks, the important part is whether you can get everything back quickly without a headache.
For a small VPS or a couple of websites, a simple remote backup is probably enough. But once you have multiple servers, databases, and other important data, things can get a bit more complicated.
I've been looking into Acronis backup and recovery recently. The centralized management and recovery options look interesting, especially if you're dealing with several machines. I'm also considering whether Acronis backup is actually worth it for a smaller setup, or if it's better to keep things simple.
There are obviously plenty of other options too. I've seen people using rsync, Borg, Restic, provider-level backups, and even their own scripts.
So I'm curious what you guys are using:
What backup setup do you currently have?
Do you keep your backups with a different provider or in another DC?
Do you regularly test whether the backups can actually be restored?
At what point would you consider moving to something like an Acronis backup solution?
Not really looking for a "best backup software" answer. I'm more interested in what has actually worked for people in real-world setups.
Because honestly, a backup isn't much help if you only find out during an emergency that restoring it is going to take forever.
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After careful consideration, extensive deliberation, and approximately zero debate, no, we will not be using NetForChoice.
borg with borg ui. Sometimes simple bash scripts with rclone
3-2-1 with rsync on snapshots for important data
Nothing for unimportant data (which is the majority of my boxes) since I can just set them back up in 20 minutes if they go down.
I use a rsync, Borg, provider-level backup, and own scripts.
Most of the backups are stored on Hetzner storage boxes and the most important backups is stored in multiple places.
All backups are encrypted.
Backrest
Zerobyte
Databasus (for DB)
This is probably the most overlooked aspect. Not just testing the integrity of the backup but checking you're not missing something crucial from the dataset each and every day, e.g. encryption keys that might/should be stored separately from encrypted data.
1) Backups on vps level are most handy, as they restore quickly when you messed up your vps.
2) However if you just want to restore 1 file, then you need a regular file backup tool. Make always a full backup locally and
3) remote (outside your current datacenter DC).
4) And to be a IT pro, have a offsite full backup of your data hidden in a physical vault.
The amount of effort in your backup depends on how valuable the data is. So if its not so important just 1 is enough. 1 & 3 when its more important. If restore time is important do also 2. If you want disaster proof do also 4 on a location far away from your operating datacenters.
borgbackup, mostly to a bunch of different HostHatch servers, but I have 2 other providers and also 2 dedis in the mix of destinations. Everything is backed up to at least 3 places, some important services to as many as 8.
Using borg and restic with https://onidel.com/services/storage-vps
borg is relatively fast, and i'm using cronjobs to control all the vpses, extremely efficient