Database Backups and Recovery Strategy

Backups are part of professional engineering. The goal is simple: recover data quickly after mistakes or failures. A practical strategy includes: - automated daily backups - encrypted storage - periodic restore tests ## Backup workflow (high-level) ```mermaid flowchart LR A[(Database)] --> B[Backup Job] B --> C[Encrypted File] C --> D[Offsite Storage] D --> E[Restore Testing] ``` A backup is only valuable if restoring works, so scheduled restore testing matters. In the next tutorial, we will implement zero-downtime deployment basics.