Backup Location

Backup Location is an important concept in data backup services. It represents a specific storage area designated to store backups (Backup Server Point) of a server or application. Using Backup Location effectively helps users manage, protect and restore data flexibly and securely.

Outstanding features

1. Cross-region Backup:

   • Meaning: This is storing the backup in a different geographical area than where the original server is located.

   • Benefit:

     • Disaster protection: Minimize the risk of data loss due to natural disasters, infrastructure failures in an area.

     • Increased availability: Even if one region fails, data is still securely protected in other regions.

     • Regulatory Compliance: Meet data storage requirements across multiple regions for certain industries.

2. Soft Delete:

   • Meaning: When a backup is deleted, it is not permanently deleted immediately but moved to the virtual recycle bin.

   • Benefit:

     • Recover Deleted Data: Users can restore deleted backups within a certain period of time.

     • Avoid losing important data: Prevent data loss due to accidental deletion.

3. Location Lock:

   • Meaning: Set retention rules and configuration changes for backups at a specific location.

   • Benefit:

     • Protect important data: Prevent unauthorized deletion or modification of backups.

     • Regulatory Compliance: Ensure compliance with regulatory data retention requirements.

Create Multiple Backup Locations: Benefits and How to Manage Them

• Benefit:

  • Data Classification: Organize backups by server group, project, or department.

  • Efficient Management: Easily track and manage storage capacity of each location.

  • Cost Optimization: Use different types of storage (e.g. cloud storage, local storage) to optimize costs.

  • Enhanced Security: Decentralize access to different storage locations to ensure data security.

• How to manage:

  • Create New: Create new Backup Locations with different configurations (region, capacity, deletion policy).

  • Configuration: Configure features like Soft Delete, Location Lock for each location.

  • Assign: Assign Backup Servers to appropriate Backup Locations.

  • Monitoring: Monitor usage and status of backups at each location.

Summary

Using Backup Location flexibly helps users build a comprehensive data backup strategy, protect data from risks and ensure system availability. By taking advantage of features such as Cross-region Backup, Soft Delete, Location Lock and the ability to create multiple Backup Locations, users can manage their data efficiently and securely.