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Aianda is absolutely right in this.
Once you are on a host that uses the cPanel environment, backups are simplified through the interface. The nice plus with cPanel is that moving from host to host is further simplified, by saving everything in one shot, moving to a new cPanel environment host and restoring a backup from your old site. Everything is intact; Spamassasin, email accounts, SQL DBs, user accounts, every configuration you made on the old host can moved to the new host. The only limitiation is time based on upload and download speeds while exporting or importing your backups. This is how I moved TO Surpass. It works both ways.
The one difference with Surpass is that they do not use Fantastico. They use an alternative called Scripta, which achieves the same thing without the problems that Fantastico creates. It's just as easy to use. Persoanlly, I only use these tools for a quick reference as to whats out there. I upload, install and configure the scripts myself to insure absolute full control and be sure I have the most recent versions.
This is an over simplified explanation, however, you won't be dissapointed. You can also set up CRON jobs through cPanel, so in a way you can automate just about everything if your real serious about it, including your backups. All you need to know are the commands needed to execute through CRON. Shell access is more or less a plus more then anything else. cPanel does away with shell with a nice front end that is powerfull enough for most common users.
In summary, you can perform your backups and have total control of your environment, it's just under a different, more user friendly guise
They have a money back guarantee, and go on a monthly rate if you desire. So, you could even set up an account with them for a month to give it a trial run. Heck, for 5 bucks I'd forgo the refund just for the test run. Try it, you'll see!
