backup service

Secondary support option

A backup service is a system that copies and stores data to protect against loss.

Most commonly refers to cloud-based services that automatically save files to remote servers: The backup service runs every night at midnight.

Also describes any redundant system ready to take over if the primary fails—a backup generator, backup personnel, or failover infrastructure.

Related

disaster recovery · sync · data · redundancy · failover · archive · snapshot · external hard drive · disaster · data loss · protection · upload · mirror · safeguard · copies · vault · retrieval · automatic

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Opposites
PRIMARY vs. SECONDARY/REDUNDANT

backup serviceactive service

Military personnel in operations

master copy · working copy

REDUNDANCY vs. VULNERABILITY

backup servicesingle point of failure

Lone vulnerable component

PRIMARY vs. REDUNDANT FUNCTION

backup servicelive service

Continually updated digital product

Family

back, backed, backing, backs, backup, backups, serve, served, server

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G