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Database Backups & Snapshots

Part of the Cloud Computing Roadmap

In short

Managed databases typically offer automated backups and point-in-time recovery — understanding retention settings and testing actual restores is essential, since an untested backup isn't a real safety net.

How to learn this

  1. 1Configure automated backups with a specific retention period on a sample database.
  2. 2Practice restoring a database from a snapshot to a new instance.
  3. 3Learn the difference between automated backups and manual snapshots, and when each is used.

More topics at this stop

Relational Databases in the Cloud (RDS)NoSQL Databases (DynamoDB, Cosmos DB)Database Replication & High AvailabilityRead Replicas & Scaling ReadsDatabase Migration BasicsCaching Layers (ElastiCache / Redis)Data Warehousing (Redshift, BigQuery)Choosing the Right DatabaseDatabase Security

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