https://www.webmaster-forums.net/crss/node/1017786 en https://www.webmaster-forums.net/server-management/server-backup#comment-1104041 <p>mairving:<br /> I would be backing up about 6GB max. What I would like to do is to backup up one servers complete system and store it on another server. I want to be able to restore the system I am rebuilding in case of any major problems. If I just tar up the system, will tar get access to all the system files or does the system lock down key files when it is running? If I could just tar it up, I could ftp it over to another system.</p> Wed, 06 Mar 2002 20:03:06 +0000 tazman comment 1104041 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net https://www.webmaster-forums.net/server-management/server-backup#comment-1104003 <p>How much (MB) of data will you be backing up? You could use an IDE drive but a removable (tape, CD, etc.) would be better. The ideal solution to backup is keeping a copy of the backup offsite. I had a customer that would backup his system every night and he put the tape into his nightly bank deposit. That way if there was a fire/flood or other catasrophe, then he would still have the data.</p> Wed, 06 Mar 2002 13:14:45 +0000 mairving comment 1104003 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net