Hello,

I own RAQ4 dedicated server.
Last week my server hard drive crash! It starts with this post
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?threadid=24168
After I found some file missing, and the next reboot it continue in lost of the entire "/home" directory.
I ask the support team to check it out and they come to the conclusion that there is no way excepts
formatting and installing the OS etc!
Well it took them more then 48 hours, because then they found some network problem and it ended
by replacing the entire machine.

After getting the machine I have to install software like Mysql, restore applications, customer site etc,
and it took me another 9 hours. In all this time my customer site where down.
You can imagine my frustration and the anger of my customer.

So I was thinking abut cooperation with some one how own a dedicated server and have the same needs.
The idea is that he will be a secondary DNS to my primary zones and vice versa.
We will backup customer site to each other once in a while.
The point is to make it some cool-backup the in case of crisis. Customer site will be up and running
in several hours and not days. Maybe the sites will not full function, some CGI will not work,
But it mach better then the alternative.

My needs are: backup of 15-30 web site on the same IP, Mysql, DNS for 30 domain and Mail for 15 domains.
Disk volume is abut 4 gig. Unix/linux and apache.
I have idea how to inplament it in easy way.

If you have the same need and you interest contact me so that we can work together to define and implement it.
You can post here, send private message or email me to rami@writeme.com.

Regards,
Addady

I use raqservices.com

For around $ 20.- per month they have put a cronjob on my servers that automatically makes a backup and ftp's it to their server.

Not cheap, but it saves me a lot of headache and gives me time to focus on other things

Hi Pilgrim

I think you missing the point. I'm allready backup all my servers data and seting and I know how to restore it.
unfortunately I have to restore it allready.
The instraction what to backup was posted in this forum some time aga, all you need is disk space some where.

The point is it can take a lot of time until you have WHERE
to restore.

If your DNS SMTP services are down for any reasone, backup site
can improve Dramatically the quality of service.