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2 posts tagged “backup”.
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A backup you haven't restored isn't a backup
We moved Prochesta off Atlas onto self-hosted MongoDB and left ourselves with one copy of the database on one disk. Here's the point-in-time recovery system we built on Cloudflare R2 — and the four things that broke on rollout.
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How I Built a MongoDB Backup System That Can Undo an Accidental Drop
Point-in-time recovery for MongoDB, explained simply: how I built mongopit — an open-source, Docker-based backup tool that can restore your database to the exact second before an accidental collection drop, using the oplog.