Improved Backup & Restore Capabilities in Distributed Database

CockroachDB has introduced improved backup and restore capabilities into its free, open-source version. The decision was influenced by the community of CockroachDB users who emphasized the need for more support in modern data intensive applications across multiple machines. Backup and restore functionalities are crucial in a resilient database like CockroachDB, which is designed to survive disasters. These features help users recover quickly from coding accidents, protect customer data, maintain regulatory compliance with industry-specific data regulations, and take regular backups for point-in-time snapshots of the database. The backup statement allows creating full or incremental backups of a cluster's schema and data, while the restore statement restores schemas and data from a backup stored on various services.