Database Backup
Database Backup: A Practical Guide for MySQL and PostgreSQL
How to design a database backup that restores: logical vs physical backups, tools per engine, frequency from RPO, offsite storage and restore tests.
Backup knowledge center
Technical guides for people who run servers. Learn how to design backups that restore, whether or not you use Backnix.
Disaster Recovery
RPO vs RTO: Understanding Backup and Recovery Objectives
What recovery point objective and recovery time objective mean, how to set them for each system, and how they shape your backup design.
Cloud Backup
How Much Cloud Backup Storage Does Your Business Need?
Estimate backup storage from data size, change rate, retention, compression and deduplication, with a worked example and a sizing formula.
Cloud Backup
Cloud Backup vs Local Backup: Which Is Better?
Strengths and limits of local and cloud backups: speed, cost, resilience, security and recovery time, and why most teams should combine both.
Cloud Backup
What Is the 3-2-1-1-0 Backup Rule?
The 3-2-1-1-0 rule explained: three copies, two media, one offsite, one immutable or offline, zero errors after verification, with practical examples.
Database Backup
MariaDB Backup Strategies for Production Environments
Consistent MariaDB backups with mariadb-dump and mariadb-backup, scheduling, binary logs, validation and restore procedures.
Database Backup
How to Automate PostgreSQL Backups
Automate PostgreSQL backups with pg_dump, pg_dumpall and pg_basebackup, add WAL archiving for point-in-time recovery and test your restores.
Database Backup
MySQL Backup Best Practices: A Complete Guide
Logical vs physical MySQL backups, consistent dumps with InnoDB, binary logs and point-in-time recovery, retention and restore testing.
Docker Backup
Docker Backup Best Practices for Production Servers
Production-ready practices for backing up Docker hosts: Compose files, volumes, databases in containers, secrets, automation and restore drills.