Backup and restore types

You can use several types of database backups and restores to develop your backup strategy. The following table provides an overview of each type

Type	Status	Version added	Supported deployments	Percona Server for MongoDB	MongoDB Community /Enterprise Edition
Logical	GA	1.0.0	Sharded clusters and non-sharded replica sets	Yes	Yes
Physical	GA	2.0.0	Sharded clusters and non-sharded replica sets	Yes (starting with 4.2.15-16, 4.4.6-8 and higher, 5.0.x, 6.0.x)	No
Selective	Tech preview	2.0.0	Sharded clusters (starting with version 2.0.3) and non-sharded replica sets. Sharded collections are not yet supported.	Yes	Yes
Incremental	GA	2.1.0 (Supported for PSMDB versions 4.2.24-24, 4.4.18-18, 5.0.2-1, 6.0.2-1 and higher)	Sharded clusters and non-sharded replica sets	Yes	No
Point-in-time recovery	GA	1.3.0 (logical), 2.0.0 (physical manually), 2.2.0 (physical automated)	Sharded clusters and non-sharded replica sets	Yes	Yes
Snapshot-based	Tech preview	2.2.0	Sharded clusters and non-sharded replica sets	Yes	No

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Last update: September 28, 2023
Created: September 28, 2023