Backup in simple terms is just copying data and retaining the same in some persistent storage ( in logical \/ SQL or binary format ) to recover in case of data corruption or database outage ( infrastructure \u00a0crash ) . So with backup, should you lose your original data, you can use the backup to make it available again. In MariaDB, You have multiple database backup solutions –\u00a0Physical backup, logical backup and hot backup(\u00a0Mariabackup) <\/i>. You can use one of them or combination of multiple backup solutions for maximum data reliability. In this post we are talking about all the backup solutions available with MariaDB, Please don’t consider this post as MariaDB DR strategy for your database infrastructure operations, You definitely can use this blog post to understand all the solutions available with MariaDB for Disaster Recovery ( DR )<\/p>\n Table of Contents<\/p>\n<\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n