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AkeebaBackup

Description:

AkeebaBackup (formerly JoomlaPack) is an award-winning Joomla backup component with a simple mission: create a site backup that can be restored on any Joomla-capable server. It creates a full backup of your site in a single archive. The archive contains all the files, a database snapshot and a restoration script (derived from the standard Joomla installer). The backup and restore process is AJAX or plain JavaScript powered, designed to avoid server timeouts, even with multi-gigabyte sites! Alternatively, you can make a backup of only your database.

Key Features

One click full site backup. JoomlaPack backs up your site files and your site database in one go. It can even backup non-Joomla! scripts and their MySQL databases along with your Joomla! site.
Robust operation. JoomlaPack will chunk the backup operation in order to avoid the server timing out, even with multi-gigabyte sites.
Restoration made easy. In a nutshell, all you have to do is upload two files: Kickstart and your backup archive. Kickstart will take care of everything else, including getting rid of itself and the backup archive when the restoration procedure is over.
Rich collection of filters. JoomlaPack is able to exclude individual files and directories, or database tables.
Unattended and remote backup modes. With JoomlaPack's "front-end backup mode" and/or CRON scripts manager you can schedule backup to happen automatically.
Easy backup administration. JoomlaPack keeps a log of each and every backup attempt you made, allowing you to download, delete or restore the backup.
Active and proactive development. We don't stop evolving this software. Our mean release time for stable versions (with major enhancements) is only 3-4 months.