VPS for backup

[skinner]

Hi,

I'm looking for 1 vps for take my backup but I don't know which one choose: how many dedicated ram do I need? I don't install any kind of http service..

Thanks

 

[Storming]

Hello,
Nothing to big needed except your HDD space, possibly 1 -2 Cores it depends what sort of backups system you have in place being transferred.

 

[Cheetah]

if there is no gzip/gtar compression on remote side [ i.e, if you don't use script like cpremote] , then any vps can do the job. Just make sure there is enough space on vps.

 

[Mobius1]

Use a Kimsufi 2G for remote VPS backups.

 

[skinner]

It's better to take a backup and tar it or make synch adding or deleting new files?

 

[HotNiche]

for 19€ you get 2Gb Ram and 1Tb hd.

kimsufi...

 

[mahjong]

Hi!
If you only want to use it for backup place, then why would you buy X GB ram, etc. You only need a minimal ram to run the operation system and handle the writing of data to disk, thats all, all the gzipping and cpu intensive script should run on the machine where you are backing up from (at night for example, when you don't have that much visitors)
You create the backup, ftp/sftp etc. it to the backup host, and you are finished. This way you can have backup host just for a few bucks.

Cheap backup hosters i know:
hostigation
buyvm

 

[m107]

for backup you only need hdd and a 256 ram is more than enough. just enable the ftp and upload backup

 

[skinner]

128Mb of ram is enough?

 

[sceneguy]

os might struggle to keep imo + ftp daemon + i/o = might not be enough
you`ll be spending lot of time optimizing the shit

 

[m107]

128 mb you cant use kloxxo, you have to install ftp manually.

 

[skinner]

No, I don't need kloxo or something else..

I use rsync and take only latest backup update...

 

[balticservers]

RAM and Processor is not very important. Most important - hdd space.

I recomend to check cheap dedicated servers

 

[robert420]

RAM and Processor is not very important. Most important - hdd space.

I recomend to check cheap dedicated servers

Ram, Processor, and Diskspace are all important in this factor for backing up data as it mainly is going to be required by the backup method that he/she is going to be using as there are many backups methods now days such as FTP, Rysync, SFTP, Rdiff-backup, and more. There are serveral backups methods that do take up alot of RAM & CPU.

@OP
I recommend that you purchase a VPS server from a provider who has r1soft backups just incase having r1soft on a VPS with the ablity to have access to given to you by the VPS Provider you can rest assure knowing you've took extra measurement of having data backup safetly not once but twice on your VPS / R1soft backup.

I recommend that you checkout http://jaguarpc.com

 

[Lock Down]

Depending on the amount of data needed to be backed up an alternative would be a file host (or multiple hosts) allowing ftp/sftp.