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* Minor textual changes * Update 09-backups.md add back in cost --------- Co-authored-by: sspencerwire <sspencerwire@gmail.com>
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* How long will it be kept?
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* Is there a cost issue to consider?
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In addition to the above mentioned issues, system administrator should also consider the economic cost, performance, data importance, bandwidth usage and other factors according to the actual use scenario.
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In addition to these issues, system administrators should also consider factors such as cost, performance, data importance, bandwidth consumption, and maintenance complexity based on actual situations.
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### Backup methods
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* **Full backup**: refers to a one-time copy of all files, folders or data in the hard disk or database.
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* **Incremental backup**: refers to the backup of the data updated after the last Full backup or Incremental backup.
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* **Full backup**: Refers to a one-time copy of all files, folders or data in the hard disk or database.
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* **Incremental backup**: Refers to the backup of the data updated after the last Full backup or Incremental backup.
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* **Differential backup**: Refers to the backup of the changed files after the Full backup.
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* **Selective backup (Partial backup)**: Refers to backing up a part of the system.
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* **Cold backup**: refers to the backup when the system is in shutdown or maintenance state. The backed up data is exactly the same as the data in the system during this period.
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* **Cold backup**: Refers to the backup when the system is in shutdown or maintenance state. The backed up data is exactly the same as the data in the system during this period.
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* **Hot backup**: Refers to the backup when the system is in normal operation. As the data in the system is updated at any time, the backed-up data has a certain lag relative to the real data of the system.
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* **Remote backup**: refers to backing up data in another geographic location to avoid data loss and service interruption caused by fire, natural disasters, theft, etc.
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* **Remote backup**: Refers to backing up data in another geographic location to avoid data loss and service interruption caused by fire, natural disasters, theft, etc.
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### Periodicity
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To recover a directory as it was at the time of the backup, it is necessary to completely delete its contents before launching the restoration.
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### The tools
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### The tools and related technologies
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There are many utilities to make backups.
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These commands save in a proprietary and standardized format.
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**Replication**: A backup technology that copies a set of data from one data source to another or multiple data sources, mainly divided into **Synchronous Replication** and **Asynchronous Replication**. For novice system administrators, this is an advanced part of backup, so this basic document will not elaborate on these contents.
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### Naming convention
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The use of a naming convention makes it possible to quickly target the contents of a backup file and thus avoid hazardous restorations.

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