[support] Backup Approaches - Which Do You Use and Why?

[Kamal Palei]

Last few days even I am thinking whats the best option for backing up
drupal sites.

Using below 4 modules, one can automate the backup process. You can backup
code, files , you can schedule , you can limit the number of backups
required (Example: At year end you may like only 1 backup copy per year is
required).

http://drupal.org/project/backup_migrate_files
http://drupal.org/project/backup_migrate_prune
http://drupal.org/project/backup_migrate
http://drupal.org/project/backup_migrate_sftp

I have not used it, but planning to explore more on this as I plan for own
hosting.

Thanks
Kamal
NECS, Bangalore


On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 9:59 PM, Kenneth Jacker <khj at be.cs.appstate.edu>wrote:

> Though I am sure that there are more, I can think of at least four ways
> to backup a Drupal site:
>
>   * Drush's 'archive-dump' (ard) command
>
>     (Backup your code, files, and database into a single file.)
>
>   * The 'Backup and Migrate' (B&M) module
>
>     (simplifies the task of backing up and restoring your Drupal database)
>
>   * Use a "version control system" (VCS)
>
>   * Use 'rsync'
>
>
> B&M allows automatic scheduling of backups ... definitely an advantage.
> 'ard', on the other hand requires manual, 'cron' or scripted invocation.
>
> *I* seem to favor 'ard' since it backs up *code and files* along with
> databases.  B&M, apparently, only backs up databases.
>
> Another approach might be using a VCS (e.g., 'git', 'subversion', _et al_)
> ... or keep synchronized copies with 'rsync'.  (These two, however, seem
> more suited for maintaining "development" and "production" versions of a
> site than for backing up.)
>
>
> How do *you* periodically backup your site(s)?
>
>
> Thanks for your comments!
>
>   -Kenneth
> --
> Prof Kenneth H Jacker       khj at cs.appstate.edu
> Computer Science Dept       www.cs.appstate.edu/~khj
> Appalachian State Univ
> Boone, NC  28608  USA
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