# backup methods

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/backup-methods/34817>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [December 24, 2014, 9:25am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/backup-methods/34817 "2014-12-24T09:25:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![bob\_ka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@bob\_ka](https://community.wowza.com/u/bob_ka)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 9:25am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/backup-methods/34817/1 "2014-12-24T09:25:55Z")

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what are some backup strategies in the event of hard drive failure to be up and running quickly (without having to reconfigure OS and wowza and other than RAID)

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**Author:** ![sal\_jefferson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sal\_jefferson](https://community.wowza.com/u/sal_jefferson)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/backup-methods/34817/2 "2014-12-24T15:06:14Z")

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This seems more like an server OS administration question. But you can take a look at the upgrade guide for a basic idea:

[Upgrade Instructions (Backup server configuration, content, and custom files)](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-upgrade-wowza-media-server-software-to-wowza-streaming-engine#instructions)

I hope this helps answer your question.

Kind regards,

Salvadore