I have a dedicated linux server that is using plesk, I need to make a complete copy of all the files (4GB) to my local pc, if I use FTP it will take days to download, if I use the plesk backup tool it will backup to a file that my pc cant read/open. Is there an easy way (I have no experience in systems admin) that I could compress all the files on the server to a .tar,.rar or .zip file and then just download that one complete file to my pc?
View 9 RepliesWhat are the different ways to have 2 dedicated server work together so i have 0% down time.
I have 2 D. servers. My goal or mission is?
I want to use both servers for web hosting.
Some url will be hosted with one server and the other url will be hosted on other server. For exmaple on Server ONE, i will host X and Y url. But on server TWO i will have a mirror of data for X and Y url.
This means i will have Data of accounts on both servers but one server will host dns of some urls, while other server will host nds of other urls. But both server will have same hosting accounts (mirror = THIS IS DONE THROUGHT WHM/CPANEL).
HOWEVER MORE IMPORTANT, I want to have all my hosting accounts(url) on both server so if my one sever goes down i will I can have the other server have all url ready to work.
I am tryig to do this WITH-IN my domain dealer WITH NS.
If not, what can I do to make use of both of my servers so if one goes down I can not have down time per say. At the same time I will not ran into this email problems? Plus use both server for hosting, too?
I was hesitant to even post this because I've been on the net for so long, that and I know just about every method out there. However, large corporations obviously can't live with loosing data so I figured I'd see what everybody else is doing out and figure out my next battle plan for archiving data.
Here's what happened. I had triple backups of some data. I burned them twice on DVD (yes, two DVD's of each archive) as well as had them on a WD hard drive. ALL are dead or unreadable. I had the discs in a DVD binder and they were never touched for a good 5 years. I put them in a player (multiple players) and only certain parts were read.
Other parts came up with errors. (Yes, I'm aware there are companies that offer recovery for both CD/DVD and Hard drives, but they always charge a fortune and in some cases, aren't worth it). This was Memorex media btw which might of had something to do with it, but at the time I thought it was the best. Next I went to the hard drive. This was stored in a room temp house over a good 5 years and when I plugged it in to a computer's IDE port, nothing. Not sure exactly what's wrong with the drive and I'm sure it could be fixed and recovered, but once again, that's not my question.
My Question: What methods are you using to store your archives over long periods of time? Any recommendations on hardware? I'm thinking of DLT Tape backups and of course doing RAID next but don't want to run into the same problem in 5 years. How can I sleep at night (which is already impossible) knowing that in 5 or 10 years when I'm ready to get into my backups that they will be there?
What are you doing and what do you recommend? Better yet, what the hell is Hollywood doing to keep all their music and movies safe?