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nixCraft: How to Backup MySQL Databases, Web Server Files to a FTP Server Automatically

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 14, 2006

[ Thanks to nixcraft for this link.
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“This is a simple backup solution for people who run their own
web server and MySQL server on a dedicated box or VPS. Most
dedicated hosting provider provides the backup service using NAS or
FTP servers. These service providers will hook you to their
redundant centralized storage array over private VLAN. Since I
manage couple of boxes, here is my own automated solution.

“You can make tape backups. However, sometime tape is not an
option…”


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Web Webster

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