#44SAFETYPROTECT
Database Backups
Continuous or scheduled DB backups
Medium
Overview
Automated database backups with retention policy. Includes full and incremental backups.
Why It Matters
Point-in-time recovery. Never lose more than minutes of data.
The Risk
Databases hold your most critical data - customer records, transactions, application state. Without verified backups, a disk failure, accidental DELETE, or ransomware attack means permanent data loss. Most teams discover their backup strategy doesn't work during the recovery attempt.
Implementation Components
A complete implementation of this capability includes:
- Automated dumps with configurable schedules (hourly/daily)
- Defined retention policies (e.g., 7 daily, 4 weekly, 12 monthly)
- Off-site replication to separate storage
- Automated restore verification testing
- Monitoring and alerting on backup failures or size anomalies
- Point-in-time recovery capability (WAL archiving for PostgreSQL)
Implementation Pattern
- 1Choose backup strategy
- 2Schedule automated backups
- 3Store off-server
- 4Encrypt backup data
Pipeline Coverage
This continuous capability monitors and applies to the following pipeline phases:
RELEASE
Tool Examples
These are examples, not endorsements. Choose what fits your context.
Dependencies
Enables (unlocks)
Same Layer
Other capabilities in this continuous layer
- •#45 System/App Backups
- •#46 Restore Verification
- •#47 Restore Drills
- •#48 Host Hardening
- •#49 Config Drift Detection
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