Backup Strategy for Microservices
Organize backup collections by service boundaries for independent backup and recovery operations.
Service-specific collections
Create separate backup collections for each microservice:
-- User service backup collection
CREATE BACKUP COLLECTION user_service_backups
( TABLE profiles
, TABLE preferences
, TABLE sessions
)
WITH ( STORAGE = 'cluster', INCREMENTAL_BACKUP_ENABLED = 'true' );
-- Order service backup collection
CREATE BACKUP COLLECTION order_service_backups
( TABLE orders
, TABLE order_items
, TABLE payments
)
WITH ( STORAGE = 'cluster', INCREMENTAL_BACKUP_ENABLED = 'true' );
-- Inventory service backup collection
CREATE BACKUP COLLECTION inventory_service_backups
( TABLE products
, TABLE stock_levels
, TABLE warehouses
)
WITH ( STORAGE = 'cluster', INCREMENTAL_BACKUP_ENABLED = 'true' );
Taking backups independently
Back up each service on its own schedule:
-- Take backups for each service independently
BACKUP user_service_backups;
BACKUP order_service_backups;
BACKUP inventory_service_backups;
-- Later, take incremental backups
BACKUP user_service_backups INCREMENTAL;
BACKUP order_service_backups INCREMENTAL;
BACKUP inventory_service_backups INCREMENTAL;
Benefits of service-specific collections
- Independent recovery: Restore individual services without affecting others
- Flexible scheduling: Different backup frequencies per service based on criticality
- Reduced blast radius: Issues with one collection don't affect others
- Team ownership: Each team can manage their own backup strategy