Translations:Backups/29/en


 * Internal backups are backups kept on hand which the Site Reliability Engineering team can use to bring the entire site quickly up in the event of a catastrophic failure. These backups include full database dumps, which include user account information and CheckUser information. See the schedule below for more information.
 * External backups are automatic backups kept on servers controlled by us but on a different host and in a different country. This is done to ensure that a failure on one host or in the power grid of one country, etc., doesn't cause extended downtime or data loss to our users. These types of backups include critical parts of our infrastructure such as the databases of all wikis, private Git repository data, Phabricator configurations, and much more. See the schedule below for more information.
 * Public backups are XML backups which we upload every month to archive.org of all public wikis. We do this to make sure we have a reliable backup of all wikis on an external site, along with to ensure users have peace of mind by seeing a readily available backup for usage by us/them.