Included backup offers

##IllusionCloud's IncludedVPS backupplans offers

IllusionCloud includesinclude automated backups for every VPS to protect youyour data from dataaccidental loss.deletion, Belowhardware failure or corruption. This page explains what backups are the backup options typically included with VPSyour plan and dedicatedwhat serveroptional plans.upgrades are available.

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• Standard automatic backups
  *- **Daily snapshot**snapshots: –Each Your server’server's system disk (excluding additional disks) is automatically backed up once every 24 hours.
  - OVHcloud’s VPS documentation explains that a backup of your VPS is scheduled daily over a rolling 7‑Seven-day period, exported and replicated three times within the same data centre before being made available in the control panel【37293985120049†L574-L592】.
  * **Seven‑day retention** –retention: The control panel retains up to seven daily restore points.  If something goes wrong,points; you can choose one of these restore points to roll back your VPS to a previous state.
  *- **Included with your plan** –plan: Daily automatic backups are a free feature of the VPS plan【37293985120049†L730-L737】.plans; Therethere is no extra charge for standard backup, and you can restore your VPS with a few clicks via the management portal.

### Premium and optional backup features
*- **Premium automatic backup**backup: –Some Forplans added flexibility, some providers offer a premium backup option that letsallow you to restore from snapshots up to a week old andor stores thestore backups in secure external storage【37293985120049†L738-L742】.storage. This is useful if you need longer retention or off‑off-site redundancy.
*- **On‑On-demand snapshots**snapshots: –You Manualcan manually take snapshots allow you to capture the exact state of your server before performing updates or making major changes. OVHcloud notes that snapshotsSnapshots are instant backups that youand can createbe created and restorerestored at any time【37293985120049†L746-L748】.time.
*- **External storage or cloud backup** –backup: If your application stores large amounts of data onor includes additional disks, consider using external storage or cloud backup. PremiumThese backup services oftenbackups replicate data to a separate, secure space so that you can recover it even if the primary server fails【37293985120049†L738-L742】.fails.

### How the backup process works
1.- **Scheduling** –Scheduling: The system takes a snapshot of your VPS once per day. The snapshot includes the system disk and configuration data but not optional additional disks or volumes.external storage.
2.- **Replication** –Replication: Each backup is exported and replicated multiple times (three copies) within the same data centre to protect against hardware failure【37293985120049†L590-L592】.failure and is also replicated to a secondary data centre for geographic redundancy.
3.- **Restore via control panel** –Restoration: You can restore your serverVPS fromto any of the available restore pointpoints throughvia the clientmanagement controlportal. panel.When Restoresyou replacerestore from a backup, the current systemstate diskof withyour VPS is replaced by the selected backuprestore image;point.

Self-managed backups (for dedicated servers or advanced users)
- For dedicated servers or servers with large data on optional additional disks remains unchanged.
4. **Retention policy** – Old backups are rotated after seven days, ensuring that you always have recent restore points while conserving storage space.

### Best practices
* **Regular testing** – Periodically test the restore process to ensure backups work as expected.  Perform test restores to a staging server so that you understand how long a recovery will take and can verify data integrity.
* **Supplemental backups** – Standard automatic backups are sufficient for many use cases, but for mission‑critical workloadssets, you should also implement your own backup strategy.strategy using tools like rsnapshot, BorgBackup or duplicity.
- Consider storing databasebackups dumps,on configurationoff-site filesobject storage or userIllusionCloud uploadsCloud separately (for example, using object storage) to achieve off‑site redundancy.
* **PlanStorage for longeradditional retention**protection.
- – If you need to keep backups for more than seven days (for compliance or auditing), upgrade toUse a premiumcombination backupof plandaily orincremental setand upperiodic full backups, and test your ownrestores backup solution that stores archives for as long as required.regularly.