i am using a vps at a hosting company.

i can access it through ssh and i have set up webdav.

i asked them if they backup the vps and they told me they are making a backup every day.

but i wonder if i should backup my important files in my vps to my local computer of mine? cause it seems unsafe to upload all my important files and then delete them from my local machine. not knowing if they are backed up properly or not.

if i should make backup, how and how often should i do it?

what program could i use to do this?

best practices i should know about?

thanks!