Automated Backups for Analytics

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Automated Backups for Analytics


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Objective

This page provides the technical descriptions of the automated backup methods and routines for each analytics engine.

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Backup Methods

  • Daily remote site backup:

We back up our managed analytics services every 1 hour (incremental snapshots), 12 hours, or 24 hours (full backups) — depending on the product — with the ability to restore from the latest point in time, based on the retention period of the chosen customer plan.

Whether you encounter an issue or simply want to view your data from a previous date, you can restore your data to any point in time within the retention period of the chosen customer plan.

Engine Specifications

EngineBackup Method(s)Location(s)FrequencyRPOEncrypted
OpenSearchIncrementalOn-Site, Off-SiteHourly1hYes
KafkaN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Off-site backup

Replication mecanism

Backups are first prepared on-site and then replicated to another region. The on-site backup data persists even after replication to the remote region.

Default location

Analytics services provide a default configuration for remote backups based on the region where the service is running:

Service locationOff-site default backup location
BHS (Beauharnois, Canada)SBG (Strasbourg, France)
DE (Frankfurt, Germany)GRA (Gravelines, France)
EU-WEST-PAR (Paris, France)GRA (Gravelines, France)
EU-SOUTH-MIL (Milan, Italia)GRA (Gravelines, France)
GRA (Gravelines, France)SBG (Strasbourg, France)
SBG (Strasbourg, France)GRA (Gravelines, France)
SGP (Singapore, Singapore)BHS (Beauharnois, Canada)
UK (London, United Kingdom)GRA (Gravelines, France)
WAW (Warsaw, Poland)GRA (Gravelines, France)

Custom settings

The default backup location and time can be overridden by configuring the backups attribute either when creating or updating your analytics service. As an example, the following settings define GRA (Gravelines, France) and DE (Frankfurt, Germany) as the backup locations and 01:00:00 as the daily backup time:

"backups": {
  "regions": ["GRA", "DE"],
  "time": "01:00:00"
}

As a reminder, here is the API endpoint for an Analytics service creation:

POST /cloud/project/{serviceName}/database/{engine}/

Backup settings must respect the following rules:

  • The regions array accepts one or two elements. If one only element is specified, it must match the region the service is running in. If two elements are specified, one of these elements must match the region the service is running in, while the other element could be set to any other region. It is recommended to use 2 regions for your backups.

Lexicon

  • RPO: Recovery Point Objective
  • Off-Site: on a different region
  • On-Site: within the same region

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