Last few days even I am thinking whats the best option for backing up drupal sites.<br><br>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).<br>
<br><a href="http://drupal.org/project/backup_migrate_files">http://drupal.org/project/backup_migrate_files</a><br><a href="http://drupal.org/project/backup_migrate_prune">http://drupal.org/project/backup_migrate_prune</a><br>
<a href="http://drupal.org/project/backup_migrate">http://drupal.org/project/backup_migrate</a><br><a href="http://drupal.org/project/backup_migrate_sftp">http://drupal.org/project/backup_migrate_sftp</a><br><br>I have not used it, but planning to explore more on this as I plan for own hosting.<br>
<br>Thanks<br>Kamal<br>NECS, Bangalore<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 9:59 PM, Kenneth Jacker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:khj@be.cs.appstate.edu" target="_blank">khj@be.cs.appstate.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Though I am sure that there are more, I can think of at least four ways<br>
to backup a Drupal site:<br>
<br>
* Drush's 'archive-dump' (ard) command<br>
<br>
(Backup your code, files, and database into a single file.)<br>
<br>
* The 'Backup and Migrate' (B&M) module<br>
<br>
(simplifies the task of backing up and restoring your Drupal database)<br>
<br>
* Use a "version control system" (VCS)<br>
<br>
* Use 'rsync'<br>
<br>
<br>
B&M allows automatic scheduling of backups ... definitely an advantage.<br>
'ard', on the other hand requires manual, 'cron' or scripted invocation.<br>
<br>
*I* seem to favor 'ard' since it backs up *code and files* along with<br>
databases. B&M, apparently, only backs up databases.<br>
<br>
Another approach might be using a VCS (e.g., 'git', 'subversion', _et al_)<br>
... or keep synchronized copies with 'rsync'. (These two, however, seem<br>
more suited for maintaining "development" and "production" versions of a<br>
site than for backing up.)<br>
<br>
<br>
How do *you* periodically backup your site(s)?<br>
<br>
<br>
Thanks for your comments!<br>
<br>
-Kenneth<br>
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