Nightly off-site Linux Server Backup for any Linux server, with or without Server Surgeon’s server management. Four weeks of retention. Restore a single file, a database, or the whole server when you need to.
Backing up hundreds of Linux servers daily for customers worldwide since 2005.
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Server backups run on any Linux server, on any hosting provider in common use.
We configure the backup on every Linux server you add it to. Backups run nightly via rsync to off-site storage. When you need to restore something, you open a server support ticket, and a senior system administrator pulls it back.
Daily backups taken automatically. No manual triggering. No waiting for a window to open. Each backup runs on its own schedule so server load stays predictable. Default database-dump time is 10:22 PM server time, reschedulable on request.
Daily backups for the last seven days, plus weekly snapshots retained for four weeks. You can restore from any backup in that window. Extended retention available on request if your compliance regime calls for it.
The backup of your Linux server does not live on your Linux server. Nightly rsync transfers the changed blocks to a separate machine in our locked rack at the PhoenixNAP datacenter. If the source server is gone, the backup is still there.
The Linux server being backed up cannot reach the backup itself. If the source server is compromised by a hacker or ransomware attack, the backup is out of reach from that server, so the attacker cannot delete or encrypt it. Each customer’s backups live in a dedicated firewalled container with IP allow-listing.
Anything on disk that the rsync run picks up — web roots, configuration files, scripts, .htaccess, logs, cron jobs, SSL certificates, WordPress installs, PHP application files, and panel data on cPanel, Plesk, DirectAdmin, or Virtualmin.
Databases dumped consistently before the file-system rsync runs so the dump is restorable. Daily MySQL and MariaDB dumps make it easy to restore a single database or a single table without rolling back the whole server.
Mailboxes, IMAP folders, and message stores on cPanel, Plesk, DirectAdmin, and Virtualmin mail servers. When a customer empties their mailbox or a maildir gets corrupted, the message store comes back from the most recent backup that has it.
Every backup is reviewed each day. Failed backups automatically open a ticket with our system administrators — you never end up with a backup that silently stopped working months ago. Capacity and disk-usage trending so we can warn you before the container fills up.
Open a server support ticket and a senior system administrator pulls the file, the user account, the database, or the full server back from the backup set. No self-service portal to learn, no rsync flags to figure out at 3 a.m. Response within 10 to 30 minutes of your request, faster on urgent ones.
Most restoration tickets are not full-server rebuilds. The backup is structured so we can pick exactly what you need without rolling back anything else.
| If you ask for | We restore |
|---|---|
| A single file a customer deleted | That file, from the most recent backup that has it |
| A specific night’s database backup | The MySQL or MariaDB dump from that night, restored to the same database name or to a side database for inspection |
| One customer’s site | The files, the database, the email content for that account, restored to the same place or to a staging account |
| The whole Linux server | The full file system and database set, restored to the same server or to a fresh one we provision for you |
| A mailbox a customer emptied | The maildir content from that night’s backup, restored to the same account or to a side mailbox for inspection |
| An FTP / SFTP user’s directory | The directory, restored where it lives or to a clean spot you specify |
We back up Linux servers running cPanel, Plesk, DirectAdmin, Virtualmin, and vanilla Linux. If your Linux server is under our management, our backup service can run on it.
We support every Linux server distribution hosting companies actually run: AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, and RHEL.
We back up Linux servers on any hosting provider, including AWS EC2, Google Cloud, Azure, IBM Cloud, DigitalOcean, Hetzner, OVH, Vultr, and Linode.
Prices are based on the amount of disk space used on your server, minus any local backup directories on your server. The cost per gigabyte goes down as you increase the number of gigabytes purchased.
| Space Used | Monthly Cost |
|---|---|
| Up to 100 GB | $15 |
| Up to 200 GB | $26 |
| Up to 300 GB | $36 |
| Up to 400 GB | $44 |
| Up to 500 GB | $50 |
| Up to 750 GB | $65 |
| Up to 1 TB | $75 |
| Over 1 TB | Contact sales for a quote |
Paying quarterly, semi-annually, or annually saves up to 15% on the prices shown.
You can order Linux Server Backup online. Our system administrators set up the backup within an hour or two of receiving your server credentials. Month-to-month, no fixed-term contract. Browse the FAQ below or contact our sales team if you have a question first.
Questions? See the FAQ below, browse our full FAQ library, or post a question on our Contact Us page.
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Server Surgeon has been providing server management services for vanilla Linux and Linux control panel servers since 2005. Our plans include Linux server hardening, optimization, 24/7 monitoring as well as support for server outages, troubleshooting, migrations, disaster recovery, software installations, and more. Give us a call at +1-213-291-9191 to find out more about our server management plans or order online today.
Server Surgeon has been managing Linux servers for web hosting companies since 2005. Twenty-one years of Linux server work, four panels, multiple Linux server distributions, multiple clouds. Backup is the service we recommend for every Linux server we manage, because in twenty-one years we have seen too many hosting companies without backups lose their business.
“Thank you for keeping me updated and for your fabulous support today. I can see that my client's websites are running just fine and email services are back to normal. You (Alexander) and Edward have provided exceptional service, thank you again!”
Paul Fabulous Support
“Just wanted to give kudos to your team, Thomas in particular. You guys saved us again today with your backup service. He was able to pull a huge database from July and install it so we could access it and extract some vital lost data. You guys have always been great.”
Kevin Backup Investment
“I have been using your services now for over 5 years and am extremely pleased with the relationship that we have established. Just set it and forget it — you provide a much-needed coverage in our gap between what we know, what we don't, and what we just don't know that we don't know…”
Scott Extremely Pleased
“Server Surgeon is awesome! I'm so grateful for your swift responses and help with the server. It's good to feel less of a victim now with a fighting chance against hackers.”
Larry Awesome
“Wow, I am really impressed. The turnaround was great, emails from the admins were clear and the monitoring panel is terrific. It's clear that you have perfected the process. I wish I had called you last week instead of agonizing over how hard finding someone was going to be.”
Carol Monitoring
“It's really nice to be able to concentrate on doing what we do best — web design, development and SEO — rather than spending hours/days on Linux forums hoping to find a fix, when in reality we haven't got a clue how to manage a Linux server to the commercial standard that's required.”
Chong Keeps Us Focused
“You have been exceptionally supportive of me and my business through the years and have been a source of comfort when so much seemed so challenging at times — most notably when the server crashed and your team figured it out and had us back online so quickly. I have never forgotten this.”
Sophia Exceptional Support
“I wanted to reach out to say thank you so very much, to you and your entire team, for going above and beyond in helping us handle that very stressful, unpleasant experience. Every step of the way, literally around the clock, your team was there to help, provide answers, insights and guidance.”
Jenniffer Around the Clock
A hacker can break in and wipe every file on the Linux server. A ransomware attack can encrypt every file on disk and demand payment for the decryption key. A customer’s hosting account can be deleted by accident. A customer can run “rm -rf” and mean somewhere else. A database can go corrupt during a write. A botched update can take a working Linux server to a state nothing else will bring it back from.
We have seen all of those. Every one of those tickets gets easier when there is a clean backup waiting on a server that is not the one that just broke. We have spent twenty-one years tuning rsync schedules and database dump windows so the backup the logs say ran is the backup that actually restores.
This is the service we recommend for every Linux server we manage. Not because we want to upsell you, but because the math always works out the same way: the cost of the backup is small next to the cost of the customer who walks after their data is gone for good.
The cost of the backup is small next to the cost of the customer who walks after their data is gone for good. Add Linux Server Backup to every Linux server you have us manage.
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