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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +sidebar_label: 'Backups' |
| 3 | +slug: /cloud/features/backups |
| 4 | +title: 'Backups' |
| 5 | +keywords: ['backups', 'cloud backups', 'restore'] |
| 6 | +description: 'Provides an overview of backup features in ClickHouse Cloud' |
| 7 | +doc_type: 'reference' |
| 8 | +--- |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +import Image from '@theme/IdealImage'; |
| 11 | +import ScalePlanFeatureBadge from '@theme/badges/ScalePlanFeatureBadge'; |
| 12 | +import EnterprisePlanFeatureBadge from '@theme/badges/EnterprisePlanFeatureBadge' |
| 13 | +import backup_chain from '@site/static/images/cloud/manage/backup-chain.png'; |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +Database backups provide a safety net by ensuring that if data is lost for any unforeseen reason, the service can be restored to a previous state from the last successful backup. |
| 16 | +This minimizes downtime and prevents business critical data from being permanently lost. |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +## Backups |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +### How backups work in ClickHouse Cloud {#how-backups-work-in-clickhouse-cloud} |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +ClickHouse Cloud backups are a combination of "full" and "incremental" backups that constitute a backup chain. The chain starts with a full backup, and incremental backups are then taken over the next several scheduled time periods to create a sequence of backups. Once a backup chain reaches a certain length, a new chain is started. This entire chain of backups can then be utilized to restore data to a new service if needed. Once all backups included in a specific chain are past the retention time frame set for the service (more on retention below), the chain is discarded. |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +In the screenshot below, the solid line squares show full backups and the dotted line squares show incremental backups. The solid line rectangle around the squares denotes the retention period and the backups that are visible to the end user, which can be used for a backup restore. In the scenario below, backups are being taken every 24 hours and are retained for 2 days. |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +On Day 1, a full backup is taken to start the backup chain. On Day 2, an incremental backup is taken, and we now have a full and incremental backup available to restore from. By Day 7, we have one full backup and six incremental backups in the chain, with the most recent two incremental backups visible to the user. On Day 8, we take a new full backup, and on Day 9, once we have two backups in the new chain, the previous chain is discarded. |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +<Image img={backup_chain} size="lg" alt="Backup chain example in ClickHouse Cloud" /> |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +### Default backup policy {#default-backup-policy} |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +In the Basic, Scale, and Enterprise tiers, backups are metered and billed separately from storage. |
| 33 | +All services will default to one daily backup with the ability to configure more, starting with the Scale tier, via the Settings tab of the Cloud console. |
| 34 | +Each backup will be retained for at least 24 hours. |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +See ["Review and restore backups"](/cloud/manage/backups/overview) for further details. |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +## Configurable backups |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +<ScalePlanFeatureBadge feature="Configurable Backups" linking_verb_are="True"/> |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +ClickHouse Cloud allows you to configure the schedule for your backups for **Scale** and **Enterprise** tier services. Backups can be configured along the following dimensions based on your business needs. |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +- **Retention**: The duration of days, for which each backup will be retained. Retention can be specified as low as 1 day, and as high as 30 days with several values to pick in between. |
| 45 | +- **Frequency**: The frequency allows you to specify the time duration between subsequent backups. For instance, a frequency of "every 12 hours" means that backups will be spaced 12 hours apart. Frequency can range from "every 6 hours" to "every 48 hours" in the following hourly increments: `6`, `8`, `12`, `16`, `20`, `24`, `36`, `48`. |
| 46 | +- **Start Time**: The start time for when you want to schedule backups each day. Specifying a start time implies that the backup "Frequency" will default to once every 24 hours. Clickhouse Cloud will start the backup within an hour of the specified start time. |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +:::note |
| 49 | +The custom schedule will override the default backup policy in ClickHouse Cloud for your given service. |
| 50 | +::: |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +:::note |
| 53 | +In some rare scenarios, the backup scheduler will not respect the **Start Time** specified for backups. Specifically, this happens if there was a successful backup triggered < 24 hours from the time of the currently scheduled backup. This could happen due to a retry mechanism we have in place for backups. In such instances, the scheduler will skip over the backup for the current day, and will retry the backup the next day at the scheduled time. |
| 54 | +::: |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +See ["Configure backup schedules"](/cloud/manage/backups/configurable-backups) for steps to configure your backups. |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +## Bring Your Own Bucket (BYOB) Backups |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +<EnterprisePlanFeatureBadge/> |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +For enterprise customers, ClickHouse Cloud offers Bring Your Own Bucket (BYOB) functionality that allows customers to store backups in their own cloud provider buckets. |
| 63 | +You can take backups to your own cloud service provider (CSP) account: |
| 64 | +- AWS S3 |
| 65 | +- Google Cloud Storage |
| 66 | +- Azure Blob Storage |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +See ["Export backups to your own Cloud account"](/cloud/manage/backups/export-backups-to-own-cloud-account) for examples of how to take full and incremental backups to AWS, GCP, Azure object storage as well as how to restore from the backups. |
| 69 | + |
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