Required back up plan

I am fairly new to server app. Could someone please let me know what all things I should back up just in case my server crashed I could rebuilt another one using the backed up resources ? I am not using a time machine back up at the moment. Is there any other way I could manually backup server files which may include network user list ? Also please me know how I restore this after crash ? Thanks a lot Guys.

In my opinion, your 2 best back ups are using an external drive like a USB drive with Time Machine and a cloning software like Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper!. I back up my servers everyday with Time Machine and weekly with SuperDuper!. All files are backed up with those two apps.
I just completed changing two Mac Minis running OS X Server 2.2.5 (Mountain Lion) to use a Fusion Drive. After reinstalling OS X Mountain Lion on both, I used my Time Machine back up during Setup and migrated all my user accounts/settings/apps and data. When I rebooted the Minis, all I had to do for OS X Server was launch it and it Updated itself to all the Services and Settings I previously had. All was working normally.
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