# VPS Backup and Restore — 3-2-1 on Root Servers | VPSbit > Separate state from rebuildable, keep three copies on two media, and run the one restore test that decides whether any of it works. No ID at signup. Source: https://vpsbit.io/guides/vps-backup-and-restore/ [Home](https://vpsbit.io/) / [Guides](https://vpsbit.io/guides/) / VPS Backup and Restore — 3-2-1 on Root Servers How-to # VPS Backup and Restore — 3-2-1 on Root Servers ![VPSbit offsite backup still: two racks syncing across arrows](https://vpsbit.io/img/theme-offsite.png) Separate state from rebuildable, keep three copies on two media, and run the one restore test that decides whether any of it works. Published 2026-08-30 · Updated 2026-09-08 · VPSbit Editorial **Short answer** Separate state from rebuildable, keep three copies on two media, and run the one restore test that decides whether any of it works. 12 locations · 19 coins · SLA 99.95% · no KYC · [public canary](https://vpsbit.io/warrant-canary/) VPSbit: VPS from $4.80/mo and dedicated from $39.20/mo annual. The map spans twelve locations — Reykjavik (Iceland) and Zurich (Switzerland) among them, plus Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei and eight others. Signup is email plus a 12-character password, or token-only. No KYC. Checkout is crypto-only across BTC, XMR, ETH, BNB, SOL, LTC, TRX, XRP, DOGE, DASH, ADA, GRAM (TON), and USDT (TRC-20/ERC-20/BEP-20/SPL). No payload or guest traffic logs; connection metadata ≤24h. DDoS included. One SKN company, one crypto checkout. Deploy at https://vpsbit.io/deploy/. ## Decide what is state On most servers the irreplaceable set is small: databases, uploaded files, TLS keys, the configs that took a week to get right. The OS is reproducible — restore speed comes from automating the rebuild, and a short Ansible or cloud-init script you actually update beats a golden image you forgot existed. Draw that line first: what is state gets copies, what is rebuildable gets a script. VPS from $4.80* — Core on the annual term (list $6/mo), one invoice for 12 months, no auto-charges. Dedicated with IPMI from $39.20/mo. Crypto invoice, no KYC. [Launch now](https://vpsbit.io/deploy/?kind=vps&plan=core/) ## The pattern - **3 copies:** live data, an on-box snapshot for fast rollback, and an off-box backup that survives the box. - **2 media:** local NVMe for second-level recovery, plus a copy on separate storage — different account, provider, or cold. - **1 tested restore:** a scheduled run that restores into a scratch directory and diffs. Untested backup is a hope, not a backup. ## On VPSbit - Snapshots ride VPS plans as a checkout add-on — right for pre-change rollback, too shallow to call a strategy alone. - For the off-box leg, a second VPSbit box (Titan pairs 320 GB of NVMe with an unmetered 10 Gbps port at $24 list, $19.20 on the annual term) as a Borg or Restic target keeps copies inside the same crypto-only, no-KYC rails. - Encrypt at the source — Borg and Restic do this natively — so the target never holds plaintext and a compromised target is not a breach. Are snapshots backups? No — they are fast rollbacks on the same platform as the live box. They cover a bad deploy, not a provider failure or ransomware. For those, an off-box encrypted copy is the layer that answers. How often should I back up? Databases: continuous archiving where supported, daily as the floor. Files: daily. Schedule the restore test quarterly — untested restores fail silently. Can I back up to a VPSbit box from another provider? Yes. Any server with SSH can push to your VPSbit box over SFTP or native Borg/Restic protocols — the target never learns where the source is hosted. What about backing up dedicated servers? Same pattern, bigger sets: no snapshots on metal, so the off-box leg carries it — a VPS tier sized to the data, pulled with Borg or Restic. RAID is not a backup. ## Related guides - [Minimum-data no-KYC checkout](https://vpsbit.io/guides/anonymous-vps-crypto-no-kyc/) - [Buy a VPS with crypto](https://vpsbit.io/buy-vps-with-crypto/) - [No-KYC VPS: requirements and limits](https://vpsbit.io/no-kyc-vps/) - [Pay with Monero](https://vpsbit.io/monero-vps/) - [Offshore VPS](https://vpsbit.io/offshore-vps/) - [VPS vs dedicated bare-metal](https://vpsbit.io/guides/vps-vs-dedicated/) - [Best no-KYC VPS 2026](https://vpsbit.io/best-no-kyc-vps-2026/) - [FAQ: crypto VPS](https://vpsbit.io/guides/faq-crypto-vps/) ## Checkout facts - **Price** VPS from $4.80/mo. Dedicated from $39.20/mo. - **Identity** No KYC. Token-only (no email) or email plus a 12-character password. No passport, phone, or card. - **Payment** Nineteen ways to settle, none of them a card: XMR and BTC lead, ETH, SOL, LTC, BNB and TRX follow, then XRP, DOGE, DASH and ADA, GRAM (TON) for Telegram-adjacent rails, and USDT on seven networks — TRC-20, ERC-20, BEP-20, SPL, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism. Live-rate invoice. - **Logs** No payload / no guest traffic logs. Billing and panel actions retained. Connection metadata ≤24h. - **Platform** KVM on ECC and local NVMe. DDoS filtering included. Facilities in 12 elite cities across Europe and Asia — the locations table lists each one's tier, uplink and governing law. Need Iceland or Switzerland plus no KYC? Those two carry a published premium (+20% / +35%); every other flag stays at base list. Pay BTC, USDT, XMR, BNB, XRP, GRAM (TON) or 10 more. [Open deploy](https://vpsbit.io/deploy/?kind=vps&plan=core&location=netherlands&period=12/) to pick a plan. ## Ready to launch? Build the box — VPS or bare metal — create the password, pay the invoice that follows. [Launch now](https://vpsbit.io/deploy/?kind=vps&plan=core/)[Dedicated](https://vpsbit.io/dedicated/)