Backup Strategy: Because Disaster Will Strike

It's not if you'll need backups. It's when.

The 3-2-1 Rule

• 3 copies of data
• 2 different storage types
• 1 offsite backup

We follow this religiously.

Our Setup

Database: Automated daily backups to Google Cloud Storage. Retention: 30 days.

Files: Synced to Cloud Storage with versioning enabled.

Code: Git with remote on GitHub. Every commit is a backup.

Testing Restores

Backups you've never tested are just expensive wishful thinking.

Monthly drill: Restore from backup to a test environment. Verify data integrity. Time the process.

The Scare

We once had a disk failure. Lost 4 hours of data. Backups saved us.

Now we backup every 6 hours, not daily.

The Cost

About $30/month for backup storage. Cheaper than explaining to customers why their data is gone.