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R1Soft throttling: limit backup bandwidth, disk I/O, and CPU
How to throttle R1Soft policies so backups stop saturating MySQL, disk I/O, and uplinks — schedule windows, bandwidth caps, disk read limits, and agent-side niceness.
2026-05-18
8 min
R1Soft Server Backup Manager sizing: storage, RAM, and disk I/O
How to size a R1Soft Server Backup Manager for production hosting fleets — storage overhead, Tomcat heap, NVMe vs SATA, and a worked example for 30 agents.
2026-05-18
7 min
Install a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate on R1Soft Server Backup Manager
Replace the self-signed certificate on the R1Soft SBM web UI (port 8443) with a Let's Encrypt cert using acme.sh, a PKCS12 keystore, and a Tomcat connector reload.
2026-05-18
8 min
R1Soft SBM disaster recovery: rebuild the server and reattach disk safes
When the Server Backup Manager itself dies, the disk safes on the storage volume survive. Here is how to install a fresh SBM, re-attach the safes, and pull back agents without losing recovery points.
2026-05-18
9 min
R1Soft concurrent tasks and policy stagger for backup fleets
How to set R1Soft's Maximum Concurrent Tasks, stagger policy start times across a hosting fleet, and stop the 02:00 thundering herd from pinning your SBM disk and Tomcat heap.
2026-05-18
8 min
R1Soft retention: clean up recovery points and free disk safe
Configure R1Soft retention so recovery points age out cleanly, the disk safe merges them on schedule, and you never wake up to a 100% full backup volume.
2026-05-18
9 min
R1Soft single MySQL database restore from a recovery point
Pull one MySQL database out of an R1Soft recovery point without rolling back the whole server — using the Database Browser wizard or a side-by-side mysqld for non-application-aware safes.
2026-05-18
9 min
R1Soft port reference and firewall rules for SBM and agents
Every port R1Soft Server Backup Manager and its agents need, the direction each connection runs, and copy-paste firewall rules for firewalld, CSF, UFW, and AWS security groups.
2026-05-18
7 min
R1Soft MySQL application-aware backups on cPanel servers
R1Soft can flush MySQL tables before each disk snapshot so InnoDB and MyISAM restores come up clean. Here is how to wire the database add-on on a cPanel host.
2026-05-18
9 min
Migrate R1Soft disk safes to a new storage volume
Detach, copy, and re-attach R1Soft disk safes onto a new mountpoint without losing recovery points, with rsync flags that preserve sparse files, ACLs, and xattrs.
2026-05-18
7 min
Enable R1Soft self-service restore in cPanel
Install the R1Soft cPanel plugin, pair it with your Server Backup Manager, and let end users browse recovery points and restore files without a support ticket.
2026-05-18
9 min
R1Soft bare-metal restore for cPanel servers
How to perform a R1Soft bare-metal restore of a failed cPanel server — boot the BMR ISO, prep target disks, pull a recovery point, and fix UUIDs and cPanel state after first boot.
2026-05-18
8 min
Install the R1Soft Server Backup agent on Windows Server
Install the R1Soft Server Backup agent on Windows Server 2019 or 2022, register the kernel block driver, set the agent password, and prove VSS-aware backups for Plesk and SQL.
2026-05-18
6 min
Install the R1Soft Server Backup agent on Debian and Ubuntu
Add the R1Soft apt repo on Debian or Ubuntu, install the agent, build the hcpdriver against the booted kernel, set the password, and register with Server Backup Manager.
2026-05-18
5 min
Set up R1Soft Disk Safe and Site-to-Site Replication
Configure Disk Safe Replication and Site-to-Site Replication in R1Soft SBM 5.10+ so backups land on a second SBM in another datacenter.
2026-05-16
5 min
Install the R1Soft Server Backup agent on AlmaLinux
Add the R1Soft repo on AlmaLinux, install the agent and kernel module, set the agent password, and register the host with Server Backup Manager.
2026-05-16