backup of my site

on remote server

[hamids54]

hi

I don`t know this question is suitable for this forum or not

my site has only 2 gigs data.I want to have back up at another server.

I want to send backup every week manually by ftp.

which service or hosting you offer?

[Dijkgraaf]

Why not just FTP it to your local machine?

Having it on a hosted server is only useful if you have some sort of fail-over set-up.

[wyweb]

I wouldn't even think about not having a copy of each of my sites saved locally.

[Swanny007]

Oh, and make sure you use an FTP synchronize utility instead of just FTP'ing the whole thing. That will save you a ton of time, it will only copy files that have changed. Of course your first backup will be big, it will be much quicker after that initial backup.

I occasionally backup my server data to my local machine, no need for *another* server ;-) Well, I backup the databases to my local machine nightly.

[hamids54]

thanks friends

I have dedicated server for my site and I am using r1soft program.it is greatbut my site doesn`t have income and it is not correct way to pay at least $50 for this purpose .at the same time my site is growing may be some months later I will have to pay $70.I want to remove it.then I am looking for cheap way of back up

other problem is we here can buy high speed internet but it is very expensive...

local machine...do you mean my computer? I like it but my connection
is too low for downloading.it is 128k

saving locally...if you mean saving on my server...it is doing now...saving three last days.I worry for having problem for server

I want to spend not so much time for sending files every week. which way is better?

1- FTP`ing all data every week
2- using Rsync program (one of backup websites admin says most users use it)
3-FTP synchronize utility(just heard about it)

[explorador]

hamids54, if you have cpanel you can sue "backup tool", this will create a compressed version of all your server in one file, you can also tell it to send the file to another FTP server. Other panels (interface to admin your server) also have backup tools, check yours.

The cpanel tool backups your files and also any database on the server.

If you don't have this you can create a script (or search on the web) to ZIP your entire server, then download it or send it to another host for backup. You could also download those files to your PC at night

I'm sorry to tell you that as your websites grow, they get more serious and the potential data loss also grows, that's why at some point you should consider another server for backup purposes. Don't keep all your treasures in one basket.

[hamids54]

thank you explorador and other friends

my server is linux os is plesk.I found cheap offsite backup(reliable it seems).I want to ask my server manager to send every week manually by
Rsync program.remote server supports Rsync.as I searched it is suitable
for my situation.I myself must learn to send files and working with the software.I try to download every week on my pc

do I have to send whole server ? or only the data`s of my site?
whole server is about 30gigs my site is about 2 gigs...

[phranque]

you might also consider using a revision control system for you code and data.
not the same as a backup but another form of redundancy and useful in other ways.

[hamids54]

phranque

I don`t understand what you mean.weekly I send my data to another server
and weekly I download my data to my pc.isn`t it enough ? what is the another way to protect my data in my situation?

[wyweb]

weekly I send my data to another server
and weekly I download my data to my pc

You're doing just fine...