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Backup

Meaning in cloud computing & devops, with examples

/ˈbækʌp/nounCore term

In cloud computing & devops, backup means: A copy of data kept separately so it can be restored if the original is lost, damaged, deleted by mistake or encrypted by an attacker.

In Turkish: yedek, yedekleme

How it is used

Backups are taken, scheduled, stored, tested and restored. A backup that has never been restored is not proven to work. The well-known 3-2-1 rule means three copies, on two types of media, with one off-site.

Example sentences

  1. We take a database backup every night and keep it for thirty days.

  2. Can you back up the config files before you upgrade the server?

Common collocations

  • take a backup
  • restore from backup
  • nightly backup
  • backup policy
  • back up data
  • snapshotA copy of a disk, volume or database exactly as it was at one moment in time, which can be used to restore it or create a new copy.
  • disaster recoveryThe plans, tools and processes for bringing systems and data back after a major event, such as losing a whole data center or region.
  • object storageA type of cloud storage that keeps files as objects, each with a unique key and metadata, and lets you read and write them over an HTTP API.
  • redundancyHaving extra copies of servers, network links, disks or data, so that the system keeps working if one of them fails.

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