How do you backup your websites?

I currently have 10 websites, and several mySQL databases hosted in Hostgator.

I'm looking for a convenient way to backup them.

So how do you backup your websites? Or just never backup your sites at all?

Please feel free to share your experiences here, thanks

 

FTP for site files and PHPMyAdmin for databases. I don't think you can do a lot with HostGator shared accounts, like setup RAID servers...

I've heard of a couple things like http://www.maratz.com/blog/archives/2005/06/07/backup2mail-update/ which could help.

And once the files are on my computer, burnt DVDs and Carbonite (see http://pcbackupreview.com/carbonitetest.php)

 

Backup all sites files + databases, gzip them and then ftp the backup onto a different server every night. All this done automatically through cron jobs.

 

I use phpmyadmin to backup my databases, and FTP to backup site files.

My host also does backups for me which i pay for.

-- Phil

 

Thanks~

So do you use any software or service to do backups? I remember Hostgator has a full backup function.

 

My sites are mostly dynamic and I only backup the mysql database once a week through phpMyAdmin. Don't use other software or services.

 

Hi
Intersted too if there is any software for that.
Once a week make backup in cpanel-backups.

 

For static sites I have a copy on my computer, which I update and then upload. For dynamic, mysql backup every once in a while.

 

if you have WP blogs then you can use WP database backup plugin and schedule it for daily or weekly updates...you can also schedule it to send bkp at email address.

 

rsync to offsite servers via crontabs.

 

I think you should also backup themes, plugins when you backup wp blogs.

 

i wrote a script that logs into whm and then into each cpanel to get the DB's and site backups... I run it each week... DB's i backup daily..

 

I prefer doing it manually and that's the way I recommend doing it. Besides it doesn't take that long.

 

I installed the WordPress Database Backup plugin, so I get the database backups emailed to me on a daily basis.

 

I use a wordpress pluging to backup my database just in case

 

cpanel has a backup option

 

Backup database whenever you have a new post

 

I used to have my FTP program backup my stuff automatically... But it started failing when I needed it... I'd recommend you manually backup your stuff once a week (if it's important)... Don't rely on your host that claims daily backups (usually)...

 

Very basic. I back up the website to a 2GB flash drive every time I make changes. Beginning this week I'm also going to begin a weekly CD backup. And every so often I transfer the flash drive backup to my other computer's hard drive. Can't ever be too careful.

 

That's for sure!