You could always email the board admin (
[email protected]) and see if s/he would allow you/assist you in mirroring the board. It never hurts to have a totally separate backup site...
I imagine you could replicate the DB from one MYSQL server to another but I'm just guessing as I don't know MYSQL's capabilities that well. If that's not possible there's GOT to be a way to script a hot backup of the DB, transport it, and load it onto a different server...
-- Bleys
"If you would judge, understand." -- Seneca