A Long Day's Journey Into Backups

Explore a comprehensive journey through enterprise backup solutions in this 41-minute conference talk from linux.conf.au. Delve into the evolution of backup strategies, from historical approaches to modern, cost-effective solutions. Learn about various technical implementations including tar, S3, and NFS/EFS. Discover how to significantly reduce backup costs while ensuring compliance with regulations like HIPAA. Examine the challenges of enterprise backups, including security concerns and the importance of IAM groups. Gain insights into creating effective restore scripts, managing microservices backups, and implementing retention policies. Compare different backup tools such as Amanda, OAM, retrospect, and tarsnapd. Understand the pros and cons of cloud-based backup solutions and explore the concept of group healing sessions. Walk away with practical knowledge on building a complete, efficient, and secure backup system for your organization.