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What do you use to take backups?
I'm trying to find something to replace BackupNinja since its becoming more efforts than it's worth to manage the amount of config files.
I tried UrBackup and the interface is pretty good, it doesn't support encrypted backups though 
What do you use for your backups?
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http://obnam.org/
https://cdp.me/
http://rsnapshot.org/
cdp.me looks good,
Cdp.me uses php to backup.
Does anyone knows if cdp.me is still being developed and if it works properly? It really seems a good solution, but on Github I see is not updated for 2 years (https://github.com/PetaByet/cdp)
Anyone using it? If yes, any problems?
@PetaByet
I've started changing our backup infrastructure recently. We are moving to taking backups over SFTP, and backing up the backup drive with LVM. Something also worth noting is that we send out a message daily with the status of each servers backup which a human reviews. Simple, but I believe very effective.
This allows us to do backups of large servers that wouldnt otherwise be backupable due to the size of the disks (with incremental and weekly full backups).
urBackup.org
I was having issues with CDP.me so moved to urbackup it's extremely under rated
CDP looks like it's exactly what I'm looking for, will give it a try now
Which software are you using?
@gleert Theres no large amount of code.
For mysql backups we use Percona innobackupex, rsync for files.
I did investigate lots of software before this, ideally we also wanted to use S3 but wasnt able to find a cost effective solution (was going to cost ~$1k/m, whereas the backup server costs only $40/m).
I am using R1soft and Backuppc (Depending on the situation). At times I am using both.
Also can I ask urbackup what part of encryption do you need? I run mine over OVPN and urbackup is only mid ground for backups. They are then encrypted and uploaded to OneDrive and Amazon Cloud Drive
Amanda and Bacula are time-tested, widely deployed, cross-platform, open-source solutions. It would be hard to go wrong with either of these (though there's a learning curve in each case).
But this is not to say that other solutions aren't viable ...
Have you tried NTFY for command-line notifications? Slack, Pushbullet supported, among others.
How does LVM compare to image-backed filesystems, like BTRFS on loopback?
I am going through a code rewrite, and looking at options to simplify deployments.
S3 is crap anyway; I tried to use it, but costs were through the roof. I just have storage VPSes everywhere, and a NAS at home that periodically does a cold backup of my servers.
Regular backups for me are snapshots (a simple tarball when not available), SSHFS mounted storage, and rsync'ed when moved to cold backup.
We also use cdp for openvz and MySQL backup.
I use vzdump to backup openvz containers (with snapshot on LVM) and KVM machines and backuppc for all other cases.
whatever backup strategy or program you use, make sure you do try a restoration process of a full backup and also single files, to see how it works and if those processes fit your needs too!
Gave CDP a try but it seems broken. Installed gave 404 when trying to access the web panel, when j got that fixed it seems as if the backups are not even taking place (tried a 5GB folder), saying the file doesn't exist when trying to download it.
I'll take a look at some of the other suggestions now
Preferably on the transfer and then on the storage afterwards.
Some of the server backup flies contain data that needs to be protected (business info) so it can't be stored in a readable way. How are you managing the encryption and backup?
I was looking for a backup software some time ago.
Someone posted 'rsnapshot' and I'm using it right now.
It's very easy to configure, it simply works and it works without
a locally installed client.
For MySQL databases I'm using 'automysqlbackup' which writes
the backup to the local system, which is then copied to a Kimi dedi.
I use rsync, rsnapshot, borgbackup, and automysqlbackup for database backups.
Scripts with mysqldump, pbzip2, FTP and cron. Thats my backup solution
If you're backing up a cPanel server, just use JetBackup or R1Soft and save yourself the hassle.
Did you follow a guide for getting it working or use the documentation? (rsnapshot)
Problem is that it gets hard to keep an eye on when you've got more than 15 machines needing to back up
No cpanel, all Linux servers with manual config.
Then go with R1Soft if you're running CentOS/Debian/Ubuntu etc... The agent license is not that expensive if you already have a server to backup to.
Do they bill per VPS or 1 license for all? I can see it getting pretty expensive really quickly.
Per (agent). How many servers are you looking to back up and how many of them are VMs?
Around 4-5 to start, maybe around 10-15 in the future.
If you can afford $4.5/agent (R1Soft), hit me up.