diff --git a/asterix-events/src/main/resources/events/backup/backup.sh b/asterix-events/src/main/resources/events/backup/backup.sh
index cff37df..e10a4c9 100755
--- a/asterix-events/src/main/resources/events/backup/backup.sh
+++ b/asterix-events/src/main/resources/events/backup/backup.sh
@@ -2,18 +2,34 @@
 ASTERIX_INSTANCE_NAME=$2
 ASTERIX_DATA_DIR=$3
 BACKUP_ID=$4
-HDFS_URL=$5
-HADOOP_VERSION=$6
-HDFS_BACKUP_DIR=$7
-NODE_ID=$8
-
-export HADOOP_HOME=$WORKING_DIR/hadoop-$HADOOP_VERSION
+BACKUP_DIR=$5
+BACKUP_TYPE=$6
+NODE_ID=$7
 
 nodeStores=$(echo $ASTERIX_DATA_DIR | tr "," "\n")
-for nodeStore in $nodeStores
-do
-  NODE_BACKUP_DIR=$HDFS_BACKUP_DIR/$ASTERIX_INSTANCE_NAME/$BACKUP_ID/$NODE_ID/$nodeStore
-  $HADOOP_HOME/bin/hadoop fs -mkdir $HDFS_URL/$NODE_BACKUP_DIR
-  echo "$HADOOP_HOME/bin/hadoop fs -copyFromLocal $nodeStore/$NODE_ID $HDFS_URL/$NODE_BACKUP_DIR" >> ~/backup.log
-  $HADOOP_HOME/bin/hadoop fs -copyFromLocal $nodeStore/$NODE_ID/$ASTERIX_INSTANCE_NAME/* $HDFS_URL/$NODE_BACKUP_DIR/
-done
+
+if [ $BACKUP_TYPE == "hdfs" ];
+then
+  HDFS_URL=$8
+  HADOOP_VERSION=$9
+  export HADOOP_HOME=$WORKING_DIR/hadoop-$HADOOP_VERSION
+  for nodeStore in $nodeStores
+  do
+    MANGLED_DIR_NAME=`echo $nodeStores | tr / _`
+    NODE_BACKUP_DIR=$BACKUP_DIR/$ASTERIX_INSTANCE_NAME/$BACKUP_ID/$NODE_ID/$MANGLED_DIR_NAME
+    echo "$HADOOP_HOME/bin/hadoop fs -copyFromLocal $nodeStore/$NODE_ID/$ASTERIX_INSTANCE_NAME/ $HDFS_URL/$NODE_BACKUP_DIR/" >> ~/backup.log
+    $HADOOP_HOME/bin/hadoop fs -copyFromLocal $nodeStore/$NODE_ID/$ASTERIX_INSTANCE_NAME/ $HDFS_URL/$NODE_BACKUP_DIR/
+  done
+else 
+  for nodeStore in $nodeStores
+  do
+    MANGLED_DIR_NAME=`echo $nodeStores | tr / _`
+    NODE_BACKUP_DIR=$BACKUP_DIR/$ASTERIX_INSTANCE_NAME/$BACKUP_ID/$NODE_ID/$MANGLED_DIR_NAME
+    if [ ! -d $NODE_BACKUP_DIR ];
+    then
+      mkdir -p $NODE_BACKUP_DIR
+    fi
+    echo "cp -r  $nodeStore/$NODE_ID/$ASTERIX_INSTANCE_NAME/* $NODE_BACKUP_DIR/" >> ~/backup.log
+    cp -r  $nodeStore/$NODE_ID/$ASTERIX_INSTANCE_NAME/* $NODE_BACKUP_DIR/
+  done
+fi