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April 19, 2026
What GDPR actually requires for backup, what it doesn't, and how to document your DigitalOcean backup process for an audit.
April 11, 2026
DOKS has no native backup. Here's how to back up cluster config, persistent volumes, and app state with Velero, to Spaces or an external buc...
April 8, 2026
Native backups, pg_dump, mysqldump, mongodump, and PITR: when to use each, a working script, and how to get your DB backup off DigitalOcean.
April 7, 2026
The pre-migration backup checklist for Droplets, databases, and Spaces. What to snapshot, what to dump, and what to test on the restore side...
April 6, 2026
Spaces has zero native backup. Here's how to mirror it to another region or provider via the S3 API, with versioning caveats and a working r...
April 2, 2026
Versioning is off by default. If you deleted files from a Space, here's what's recoverable, what's gone, and how to prevent this happening a...
March 27, 2026
Honest answer: usually you can't recover a destroyed Droplet. Here's what to try, what's actually gone, and how to prevent this happening ag...
March 23, 2026
Why region matters for DO backup availability and compliance, and how to replicate backups across regions or to another provider entirely.
March 22, 2026
Native retention is 7 days. If your incident is older, here's what DO can and can't do, what's recoverable, and how to prevent this next tim...
