Server Backups: Local vs. FTP

[Albertwu]

So I have always used FTP backups. However I began thinking about why and how I do backups...
1. Drive failures... most important reason!
2. Restoration if server is hacked.
3. Restoration of customer when they screw up or get hacked.

With that said, here are some notes on each one

1. Does not need to be a remote FTP, just another physical disk
2. Backup must be unreachable
3. Backups just need to be outside of the home directory

So here is my question. If a hacker gets in, what is to stop them from reading my backup scripts and finding the FTP information and erasing it versus an extra local physical disk? FTP backups are not cheap. Even if I used FTP backup space for once a week or bi-monthly backups, I am already pushing the limit for what is an acceptable loss if all of my data gets wiped.

So what am I missing? Thoughts? I am getting ready to move to a new server setup and I want to be efficient and move away from unneeded crap.

Thanks!

[AdrianG001]

This is a kind of backup where the backup is done via the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) over the Internet to an FTP Server. Typically the FTP Server is located in a commercial data center away from the source data being backed up. When the FTP server is located at a different location, this is another form of offsite backup.

A local backup is any backup where the storage medium is kept close at hand. Typically, the storage medium is plugged in directly to the source computer being backed up or is connected through a local area network to the source being backed up.

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