Oh Great Lords of the Forum I Require your Assistance
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 11:56 am
Oh great ones, I wish to partake of your knowledge and wisdom.
Ok, cheesey opening done with, I need some help and advice please. I'm not a linux ninja, so please be gentle when bestowing instructions.
First question. Is it safe to upgrade a production server to Plesk 9.0. I've only got the one box at present, and it's still running pre-Plesk 9 (version 8.6 I think) as well as the ASL service. I've held off the upgrade because of the early issues, but is it safe to do the upgrade now, or should I just stick to 8.6?
Second question. 2 years down the line an I've neglected to put in some level of back-up into my server. Time and knowledge has basically prevented me from doing so, but I know it needs to be done. I currently run a RAID 0 configuration, so there is one drive acting as a redundant to the other, plus for the sites I develop I keep a current copy on my system at the office, but I could do with some kind of offsite back-up for user data, MySQL database(s) and web space content. I'm no Linux guru, and not 100% sure what to do to solve this issue. But I guess whatever I do, I need to be able to restore the back to another dedicated server or VPS if mine fails. What do you guys suggest?
Thanks again peeps.
Matt
Ok, cheesey opening done with, I need some help and advice please. I'm not a linux ninja, so please be gentle when bestowing instructions.
First question. Is it safe to upgrade a production server to Plesk 9.0. I've only got the one box at present, and it's still running pre-Plesk 9 (version 8.6 I think) as well as the ASL service. I've held off the upgrade because of the early issues, but is it safe to do the upgrade now, or should I just stick to 8.6?
Second question. 2 years down the line an I've neglected to put in some level of back-up into my server. Time and knowledge has basically prevented me from doing so, but I know it needs to be done. I currently run a RAID 0 configuration, so there is one drive acting as a redundant to the other, plus for the sites I develop I keep a current copy on my system at the office, but I could do with some kind of offsite back-up for user data, MySQL database(s) and web space content. I'm no Linux guru, and not 100% sure what to do to solve this issue. But I guess whatever I do, I need to be able to restore the back to another dedicated server or VPS if mine fails. What do you guys suggest?
Thanks again peeps.
Matt