Chapter 1:
Standards for Portable Backup Formats
To satisfy regulatory expectations for functional equivalence, backups must be usable on alternative infrastructure without significant re-engineering.
- Open Formats: Use open, standard backup formats and engine-specific open formats rather than vendor-specific binary snapshots.
- Decoupled Storage: Store backup copies in customer-governed, S3-compatible object storage rather than provider-locked storage layers.
- Version Alignment: Maintain version-aligned restore procedures to ensure that backup binaries match the destination environment during a migration or recovery event.
- The Percona Advantage: Percona supports portable, open backup formats and provides migration-compatible database binaries, ensuring that you can shift providers or repatriate workloads without requiring a redesign of applications.
