MySQL backup to cloud — Backing up MySQL databases to AWS S3 and Google Cloud
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Storing MySQL backups on the same server as your database is asking for trouble. If the server fails, you lose both your data and your backups. Cloud storage solves this by keeping backups offsite, automatically replicated across multiple data centers. This guide covers how to back up MySQL databases to AWS S3 and Google Cloud Storage, from manual uploads to fully automated pipelines. MySQL cloud backup Why cloud storage for MySQL backups Local backups work until they don't. A disk failure, ransomware attack, or datacenter issue can wipe out everything on one machine. Cloud storage provides geographic redundancy and durability that local storage can't match. Durability and availability AWS S3 offers 99.999999999% (11 nines) durability. Google Cloud Storage provides similar guarantees. That means if you store 10 million objects, you'd statistically lose one every 10,000 years. Compare that to a single hard drive with 1-3% annual failure rate. Cost efficiency Cloud storage ...