| Posted by MarkPoppen, 11-16-2011, 07:44 PM | | We started our hosting company and we have backups in place, but we'd like to take it a step further and take those backups off-site. How and with who do you create backups of your system?
We looked at solutions like Jungle disk and Vembu for storage on Amazon's S3. Is that the way to go?
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| Posted by PCTechMe, 11-16-2011, 08:07 PM | | Keep in mind that Vembu StoreGrid will not use S3 as it's main source of storage unless you are using an EC2 instance. StoreGrid will however use S3 for replication of your backup server and works great.
Edit: Unless you were thinking the hosted Vembu Pro and not StoreGrid in which case it does use S3 for storage.
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| Posted by MarkPoppen, 11-17-2011, 11:46 AM | | And what's the advantage of Pro over StoreGrid?
JungleDisk is not a great option?
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| Posted by PCTechMe, 11-17-2011, 02:59 PM | | I have no experience with JungleDisk so I cannot comment there.
I wouldn't say there are advantages or disadvantages between the two Vembu options. Best to check their website and look at the feature sets to see which suits you best. Pro is hosted by Vembu and runs on StoreGrid (a subset of the features available in SG) and StoreGrid is self hosted.
http://pro.vembu.com/
http://storegrid.vembu.com/
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| Posted by hostmacro, 11-20-2011, 02:10 PM | | You can get off site backup service like FTP backup, R1Soft Backup service to safe guard your files.
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| Posted by UNHCR, 11-20-2011, 02:12 PM | | I want to buy two vps and use one for the backup of the other
For the second VPS that is used for backup how can I get more space ? what to delete to get more space for ftp?
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| Posted by hostmacro, 11-20-2011, 02:19 PM | | Why do you need another VPS for backups, FTP Backup hosting packages, R1Soft Backup Service etc. are available at cheaper price where you can backup your files from your VPS.
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| Posted by tumble, 11-22-2011, 12:29 AM | | Use R1Soft provider that offers storage. Much cheaper then you would think. Then Up sell R1soft Access as a backup system to your clients. Make a few bucks while keeping your data safe.
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| Posted by mattmackman, 11-22-2011, 05:37 AM | | Are you running any controlpanel on your server? if it is WHM/cpanel, then the best option is to get a secondary server and set remote FTP backups from controlpanel itself.
if its a plane server,then the best option is to go for a r1soft backup.
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| Posted by tloosle, 11-25-2011, 07:13 PM | | cpanel will backup to a remote ftp with no problem. Just setup an ftp site, no second license of cpanel needed. With most home routers you could setup a dmz zone on your home internet and place the ftp there.
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| Posted by iLoveHosting-UK, 11-25-2011, 07:29 PM | | I would check to see if transferring GB's of data each day is ok with them.
Having access to the data personally is a far better solution. Have another vps to back-up the files is a no-no. They can be so unreliable at times. I would say yes if you said two dedicated servers.
- Ashton
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| Posted by Server Management, 11-25-2011, 09:01 PM | | Using something like Rsync shouldnt be a problem as after the initial backup, Backups are measly just being acouple of GB depending on how many files have changed, etc
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| Posted by cpet, 11-25-2011, 09:42 PM | | Most providers will charge you if you send a bunch of stuff out. Your best bet is to see what options they have and use them as when you transfer to them they would use local networks instead of the internet and not charge you for that info sent. So I would investigate that before doing another with a 3rd party company most providers will offer you a backup plane that is on there backup server normally RAID 10 or RAID 5 However I would consider creating at least 2 backup locations and not just throw all your backups at one company.
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| Posted by Callum-JH, 11-26-2011, 07:40 AM | | Whats the best incremental backup solution?
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