Best FREE way to maintain MySQL backups?

[Guest nfurlan]

As far as Linux web server emergency plans are concerned, I know that two things are crucial:

 

• Keeping backups of website source code (we are currently using Git)
  
• Keeping backups of MySQL databases (?)
  

 

 

What is the best free way to keep backups of MySQL databases?

 

(This is all for a non-profit, and we're trying to keep the costs to a minimum - hopefully at FREE - if possible.)

 

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