[CentOS] Best way to backup and entire machine??

[Marcus Moeller]

Dear John,

>> I want to mirror a Centos box, not having done this before, I'm looking
>> for guidance.
>>
>> What is the best way to perform this task, I have a running webserver, a
>> single external IP address to the website, and wanted to protect myself
>> should the server go down. My though would be a mirror of that
>> webserver, running in background, if the main server dies, then just
>> move the mirror in place, change the IP and go on...  Limiting down time...

You may also find some useful information on the wiki:

http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos

Best Regards
Marcus