VPS Backups? Do i need them?

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VPS Backups? Do i need them?

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Do i need to backup my VPS or should I?

If so, how can i go about backing it up? Just saving all the files i have? or is there a way to keep it like realtime backed up like.. as the files change my backups change to, so i always have the up to date backups?
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You should always keep your own backups, yes (http://www.nfoservers.com/forums/viewto ... =47&t=4728). You can either copy just irreplaceable files off of the server occasionally, or try to create a more extensive whole-disk backup solution, possibly with software designed for this purpose.
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Edge100x wrote:You should always keep your own backups, yes (http://www.nfoservers.com/forums/viewto ... =47&t=4728). You can either copy just irreplaceable files off of the server occasionally, or try to create a more extensive whole-disk backup solution, possibly with software designed for this purpose.
Should i keep the backups on the same server? or store them somewhere completely different?
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Backups should be kept off-site, as a general rule.
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