Backup restore best practices

Best practices for safe backup and restore

• Coordinate your Apache Cassandra, Elasticsearch, and file storage backups to run at the same time. Using automation like a cron job helps minimize the chance of inconsistencies between components.
• Before relying on these backups in a real incident, test the full backup and restore flow in a staging environment. It’s the only way to make sure everything works as expected.
• Ensure you have an up-to-date backup before starting the restore operation, as errors during the restoration could lead to data loss.