Backup workers
How does backup workers work?
A backup worker is a server that will carry your backup job, depending on what you’re backing up you’ll be presented with 3 options.
Serverless Backup
Serverless backups are handled by SimpeBackups infrastructure. This means you don’t require any server to be connected to carry the backup job. We’ll take care of scaling the resources required based on your backup needs. This also means you won’t need to connect your own “worker” server to carry the backup job. Everything will be handled by SimpleBackups that will backup the data from your server, database or storage, right to your storage.
Serverless backups especially come useful in below situations:
- Your database size is larger than your server's free space, or
- You don't have a dedicated server, or
- You are on a shared hosting, or
- You are using cPanel, or
- You want to just rapidly backup your database without connecting your server to SimpleBackups
Own SSH Server Backup
Using your own server through SSH to run the job.
With this option, your backup will be carried by your own server. This mean SimpleBackups will orchestrate an monitor the backup process, while the data itself will never leave your infrastructure.
Headless Local Agent Backup
The SimpleBackups Agent is a lightweight, locally installed service that allows you to run backups from your server without needing SSH access. It's the ideal solution when SSH is not an option.
With this option, also your backup will be carried by your own server as same as SSH Server option above, the difference is in how to connect to your server.
Last updated on November 17, 2025