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@cs.appstate.edu Computer Science Dept www.cs.appstate.edu/~khj Appalachian State Univ Boone, NC 28608 USA