It’s hard to overstate just how important backups are to data professionals. Not only can backups help businesses recover from data loss, they can even stop a business from going under in the event of a disaster.
Data is always at risk of loss, whether through accidental deletion, intentional sabotage, natural disasters, malware, or other threats. That is why well-developed backup and backup-testing plans are arguably one of the most important aspects of business continuity.
Backups can also help us evolve and accelerate our day-to-day operations. They can be used to provide a way for developers to easily reset databases to a known state and can be integrated into DevOps practices as part of automated testing pipelines. They also help us when we perform side-by-side migrations or need to rebuild an entire server.