#disaster-recovery

3 posts tagged with #disaster-recovery

Every article below is hand-written, technically reviewed, and focused on disaster-recovery. Posts cover real-world architecture decisions, code-level implementation patterns, and trade-offs you'll only discover after shipping production systems.

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How to Back Up PostgreSQL With pgBackRest [S3 + Restore Test]

A restore-first pgBackRest setup for PostgreSQL: S3 repo config, retention math (weekly full + daily incrementals), PITR restore drills, and failure-injection tests.

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AWS, Cloud Computing, Geopolitics, Disaster Recovery, Infrastructure Cloud and DevOps

Your Cloud Region Is in a War Zone. Now What?

In January 2022, Houthi drones hit targets across the UAE while rumors swirled about a strike near a cloud data center. The cloud has a street address, and that address can be in a war zone.

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Your Cloud Region Isn't Just a Technical Decision. It's a Geopolitical One. Cloud and DevOps

Your Cloud Region Isn't Just a Technical Decision. It's a Geopolitical One.

AWS has three regions in and around the Middle East. Most architecture reviews never discuss what happens when the conflict map overlaps with the availability zone map.

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