On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 12:16:00 PM UTC-5, Maciej Delmanowski wrote:
>
> Is there a reason no to backup, say, /etc, /home, /srv and /var/www?
>
> Maciej
>

Hey Maciej.  That scenario (backing up entire directores) is totally 
supported as well via the backup role and feeding it a list of directories. 

The reason I *also* support being explicit with site backups out of the box 
is two-fold;

  + site files are typically contained in distributed git repositories; and 
only server configurations and assets (e.g. CMS uploads) need be backed up

  + site applications often [and by default] produce a ton of temporary 
files inside the document root which have no business being part of the 
backup routine -- I've had many a failed backup caused by attempting to 
rsync smarty cache files or magento var directories on remotely mounted 
storage/NFS.

Additionally, being explicit leads to smaller backup sizes that cost less 
and take less time to make. 

~ Brice


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