This module provides database backup and export functionality. Thanks to the PHP version of mysqldump. This module is similar to Backup and Migrate without all the bells and whistles. Features Supports sqlite, mysql, pgsql and dblib Supports compression gzip and bzip2 Tracks local export history Supports a large option set as found in mysqldump Allows backups to be exported locally or downloaded directly Supports stored procedures Include and exclude tables on export

maintaining an inactive Drupal site can be a pain. There is a constant stream of security releases that you need to apply. And it's really maddening if you apply a security release to an inactive site only to find out the release contains other changes that break things that used to work, so that you have to spend time trying to get that inactive site working again. Not to mention that it's expensive to pay for hosting that can securely deploy Drupal sites if you aren't even using any Drupal interactivity any more.

maintaining an inactive Drupal site can be a pain. There is a constant stream of security releases that you need to apply. And it's really maddening if you apply a security release to an inactive site only to find out the release contains other changes that break things that used to work, so that you have to spend time trying to get that inactive site working again. Not to mention that it's expensive to pay for hosting that can securely deploy Drupal sites if you aren't even using any Drupal interactivity any more.

Our goal is to do a complete conversion of our Subversion repository and end up with a bare Git repository acceptable for sharing with others (privately or publicly). Bare repositories are ones without a local working checkout of the files available for modifications. They are the recommended format for shared repositories.

Several methods for creating a static version of a Drupal site, including one I have heard good things about: Advanced httrack dumps