# What's the difference between server and database backups? **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [January 8, 2020, 11:08am UTC](https://community.stardog.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-server-and-database-backups/2181 "2020-01-08T11:08:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kolchinmax](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.stardog.com/kolchinmax/32/579_2.png) [@kolchinmax](https://community.stardog.com/u/kolchinmax)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 11:08am UTC](https://community.stardog.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-server-and-database-backups/2181/1 "2020-01-08T11:08:25Z")
I see there are two ways to do the backup of a server: - backup each database separately with `stardog-admin db backup`, - backup the whole server with `stardog-admin server backup`. So far the only difference I see is that the second option runs much faster and doesn't version backup with a date. What're the other differences? ---
**Author:** ![pavel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.stardog.com/pavel/32/18_2.png) [@pavel](https://community.stardog.com/u/pavel)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 11:11am UTC](https://community.stardog.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-server-and-database-backups/2181/2 "2020-01-08T11:11:50Z")
The latter backups all databases in one go, that's the main difference. It has some limitations too, e.g. S3 backups are not supported at the moment. The former should be used for backup'ing individual databases. Best, Pavel ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/stardog/original/2X/e/ed66b48a616f505106a4acde3c9cee7e6da9bc67.svg) [@system](https://community.stardog.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 11:11am UTC](https://community.stardog.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-server-and-database-backups/2181/3 "2020-01-22T11:11:53Z")
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