I say image the box and backup data. I use clonezilla to image and mysqldump to backup the database and rysnc to backup the webpages on my website. If it is an email server backup the emails using rsync or something. I love the idea of subversion.
-Daniel On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 9:44 PM, Brad Midgley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kimball > >> backing up /etc/, /var/lib/mysql/ (customer databases are important) > > if you're going to back up the database binaries directly, the database > server should be stopped. Another approach is to do something like > mysqldump, but if you're not using transactions your backup might be > racing with write activity. > > Brad > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
