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Server Backup
Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 4:29 pm
by unemployment
I am looking to install some server backup utility. Can CrashPlan be installed on my Ubuntu VPS?
http://www.crashplan.com/
Re: Server Backup
Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 6:36 pm
by jacek
For god sake don't ruin my server set up with this crap !
The VPS providers takes HDD images once a day and support can restore them if you ask.
Re: Server Backup
Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 7:06 pm
by unemployment
jacek wrote:For god sake don't ruin my server set up with this crap !
The VPS providers takes HDD images once a day and support can restore them if you ask.
I just called them. They're restoring my corrupt file. I just wish I didn't have to pay them.
Re: Server Backup
Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 7:16 pm
by jacek
You don't have to pay do you
What corrupt file, files don't usually go corrupt unless the disk is dead.
Re: Server Backup
Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 7:25 pm
by unemployment
jacek wrote:You don't have to pay do you
What corrupt file, files don't usually go corrupt unless the disk is dead.
I do have to pay which is super lame and they told me they only do weekly backups which is extra lame...
The file got corrupt at 3 AM EST because d_k_iller's computer crashed in the middle of an upload. Chopping the css file into 400 lines...
Re: Server Backup
Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 8:17 pm
by jacek
That's not a corrupted file. That's a failed upload.
You should have had a backup locally.
If you want to have the server make a copy of the www-data folder every day you could just run
rm -R /home/www-backup && cp -R /home/www-data /home/www-backup
via a cron job once a day. To backup to an external server, I would go with rsync.
The reason you had to pay was because you were asking for management of the server, which does not come under the package you have. If it was due to a problem caused by them / their system it would have been free.
Re: Server Backup
Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 4:04 am
by unemployment
jacek wrote:That's not a corrupted file. That's a failed upload.
You should have had a backup locally.
If you want to have the server make a copy of the www-data folder every day you could just run
rm -R /home/www-backup && cp -R /home/www-data /home/www-backup
via a cron job once a day. To backup to an external server, I would go with rsync.
The reason you had to pay was because you were asking for management of the server, which does not come under the package you have. If it was due to a problem caused by them / their system it would have been free.
Everything you said is spot on. I've been looking into rsync, but boy would it help if I was familiar with linux and system admin stuff.