# Backup Recommendations
**URL:** https://forums.suse.com/t/backup-recommendations/35350
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [November 3, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/backup-recommendations/35350 "2020-11-03T16:36:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@mpgsuselinux](https://forums.suse.com/u/mpgsuselinux)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/backup-recommendations/35350/1 "2020-11-03T16:36:55Z")
Can anyone recommend and simple/cheap way to back up a few items on a Suse Linux Server in case of a failure and I need to restore an app on another server: I need to backup
The files in
\*\*/opt/appPJ
/root/PjApps/dt/root
\*\*
Are the ones that we would need to restore the service.
I would also need the database which can be dumped periodically, or the files in \*\*var/lib/mysql \*\*can be backed up although I donÂt think this can be done safely without stopping the mysql service, so could I use the dump option.
Finally, the files in the data folder but I only really need the users and ‘ **studio** ’ folder in **/data/appPJ/production**.
Thanks for any suggestions and help as I’m fairly new to Suse Linux
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### Author:  [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/backup-recommendations/35350/2 "2020-11-03T17:12:20Z")
@mpgsuselinux Hi and welcome to the Forum 🙂
Where are you backing up the files too, attached temporary storage, a remote server etc? I would suggest rsync in the first instance, For the database, mysqldump, you could set this all up in a script to complete the task, for automation add a systemd service and a timer for when the task needs to be done (cron is on the way out…).
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### Author:  [@mpgsuselinux](https://forums.suse.com/u/mpgsuselinux)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/backup-recommendations/35350/3 "2020-11-13T22:24:51Z")
Thanks, Ive been reading up on you recommendations, ideally I would like to send this to the cloud but initially may get sent to a Windows file share for now. Do you have any recommendations for suitable cloud storage for Suse Linux servers?