Backup Management
Backup management is the systematic process of creating, storing, organizing, and restoring copies of data to protect against data loss from hardware failures, human errors, cyberattacks, or disasters. It involves strategies like full, incremental, and differential backups, along with retention policies and recovery testing. This ensures business continuity and compliance with data protection regulations.
Developers should learn backup management to safeguard critical application data, databases, and configurations, especially in production environments where downtime or data loss can be catastrophic. It's essential for disaster recovery planning, meeting legal requirements (e.g., GDPR), and maintaining system reliability in cloud, on-premises, or hybrid setups.