VPS backup to HDD

[expertali]

VPS backup to HDD

Hey guys, I just have a quick question, since all of you are smart with this type of stuff.

I own a VPS, and I because I have alot of information on there, I want the backups to run via my HDD. Is this possible?

It doesn't matter if it's manually or automatic. I just want to know if there's a software out their that basically downloads my backups from my Linux VPS to my HDD via my windows computer..

Thanks for your help.


Sorry if this is in the wrong section.

[Rob]

I'm not sure of any windows software, but you could easily get an older PC and throw Linux on it.. and set it up in cron to run rsync nightly with something as simple as:

00 18 * * * /usr/bin/rsync -avz --progress --delete root@domain.com:/home/ /backup/server/home/ >/dev/null 2>&1

That will keep an exact copy of server:/home on your local PC in the /backup/server/home directory.. running every day at 6pm.

[zeropid]

Your windows PC could have network shared folder and with smbd you can copy all your backups there. There are lots of manuals on the web how to do backups with rsync or similar tools, depend on your linux distro

[expertali]

thanks for more information