I have a Xen-based VPS instance of Ubuntu Server 12.04. I'd like to maintain my own offsite image of my install. The vendor does offer a variety of backup options for additional costs. I'm doing an inexpensive snapshot option, but would feel safe if I could clone the environment. I'm only using about 8 GB right now and I have good bandwidth on my site. What is an option for imaging this?
In Linux everything is a file. So there is no need for an image here.
I would suggest to use
rsync
to replicate your file systems.