Disaster Recovery Runbook: From Backup to Running Server
A step-by-step disaster recovery runbook for VPS: qualify the incident, restore the latest good backup, validate, and cut over with a single checklist.
Backups & Data9 min read
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Backups & Data
12 practical Backups & Data articles from Netbay Engineering — written for operators running Linux and Windows VPS in India.
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Backup Retention Policies and Safe Pruning Strategies
Design retention tiers that match RPO and compliance, then prune safely with age-based policies and deduplicating backup tools on VPS hosts.
Backups & Data7 min read
Application-Aware Backups for Dockerized Databases
Trigger consistent backups of databases running in Docker by executing pg_dump and mysqldump inside containers, with timed dumps and status checks.
Backups & Data8 min read
Backup Encryption End to End with age, gpg, and restic
Encrypt backups at rest and in transit with age and gpg for files and restic native crypto for repositories, without losing your recovery keys.
Backups & Data8 min read
Test Your Restores: Unverified Backups Are Not Backups
A restore drill you run to a clean directory, against a real copy, catches corruption and missing dependencies before production depends on them.
Backups & Data7 min read
Automating SQLite Backups Safely Under Load
Back up live SQLite databases without corrupting them: use sqlite3 .backup and the online backup API, then automate and verify the copies on a VPS.
Backups & Data7 min read
Snapshot vs File-Based Backups for VPS Servers
Compare hypervisor-level snapshots and file-level dumps for VPS: restore speed, consistency, cost, and which to use for databases on high-traffic hosts.
Backups & Data7 min read
Off-Site Backups with rclone to Object and Cloud Storage
Ship encrypted directory dumps to object and cloud storage with rclone sync, and keep the off-site copy of your 3-2-1 both cheap and automatic.
Backups & Data7 min read
Filesystem Backups with Restic: Encrypted and Deduplicated
Use restic to snapshot entire directories daily: client-side encryption, content-defined deduplication, and restore that is a single copy command away.
Backups & Data8 min read
MySQL and MariaDB Logical Backups with Point-in-Time Recovery
Combine mysqldump-based logical dumps with binary log playback to reach point-in-time recovery on MySQL and MariaDB, fully automated end to end.
Backups & Data8 min read
Automating PostgreSQL Backups with pg_dump and Cron
A clean cron-driven pipeline for PostgreSQL: automated pg_dump archives, per-database isolation, retention pruning, and a simple integrity audit.
Backups & Data7 min read
The 3-2-1 Backup Strategy: RPO and RTO for VPS
A practical framework for choosing backup frequency, retention, and tools by measuring the RPO and RTO your production application can tolerate.
Backups & Data8 min read