Have you ever felt a moment of panic when you realize that your data might be lost? Human errors, malicious attacks, systems crash, or disasters happen when least expected. So it is highly important to always be prepared for such situations by keeping up-to-date backups that can help with data recovery. Automated backups ensure in-time refreshment of the data copies and eliminates the need for manual tracking and setup. In this article, we’ll examine how to create a backup schedule and offer hints for better data scheduling and restoring.
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Jelastic PaaS provides a convenient and straightforward script for backing up the stored data on the MySQL and MariaDB database nodes. Thus, the process is as simple as providing the required parameters and can be accomplished in a matter of minutes. No specialized knowledge is needed — just follow the setup steps to configure the appropriate cron expression.