Recovery

Provider snapshot or off-site backup?

Use snapshots for a nearby rollback point and an independent backup for recovery when the deployment host or provider boundary is unavailable.

Best fit

Provider snapshot

A rollback checkpoint before a planned host or deployment change.

  • • Usually shares a provider or host boundary.
  • • May not provide application-consistent database recovery on its own.
  • • Retention and restore access should be verified.

Best fit

Independent backup destination

Recovering application state after a host, account, or site-level incident.

  • • Needs separate storage, retention, credentials, and restore testing.
  • • Database and file state must be planned together.
  • • Restore time becomes an operational requirement.

Decision rule

Keep both roles visible. A snapshot helps reverse a recent change; an independent copy supports recovery outside the primary host boundary.

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Editorial record

Maintained by Make Your Own Tools to turn “Validate a deployment” into a defined host, state, exposure, and recovery boundary. The references below provide the technical context for this planning path. Its calculation rules and planning assumptions are documented in the methodology, and affected calculations pass regression checks before the review date advances.

Last reviewed
Evidence set
2 primary references
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Planning scope
Persistent-state planning for single-host Docker workloads.
Next check
A provider-specific backup product evaluation or guaranteed recovery objectives.
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