Your SaaS data is in constant flux, which means your backup capabilities should be just as adaptable. Unfortunately, many organizations are under the impression that they’re limited to one backup type, stunting their data protection efforts as a whole.
So, how can you keep your data protection efforts as flexible as the data itself? By having a solution that empowers you to deploy different backup methods.
In this post, we break down synthetic backups and how Own Recover facilitates this protection capability.
What is a synthetic backup?
A synthetic backup uses your last full backup and incrementally adds any data changes to create a new, up-to-date backup. Instead of downloading data from scratch every time, a synthetic backup allows you to build on your recent backup efforts, layering on incremental data changes as they come. As an industry standard, synthetic backups reduce runtime and API consumption while maintaining the same data integrity as full backup.
How are synthetic backups different from full backups?
While sharing a common data-protection mission, synthetic and full backups differ in their processes. A full backup duplicates all of your data and is best done at regular intervals, like daily or weekly, to ensure data freshness. Keep in mind that a full backup can be both time and storage-consuming if you don’t have the right solution.
A synthetic backup combines the last full backup and incremental backups. Because it relies on work already done, it’s faster and easier to execute than a full backup. However, if your organization is making a lot of changes, a synthetic backup can fall short–making it all the more important you have a solution you can trust.
Below, we dive deeper into the benefits of synthetic backups and how they elevate data protection efforts.
What are the benefits of synthetic backups?
Built in-efficiency
Your team, business strategy, and organization as a whole prioritize efficiency. Why should your SaaS data protection efforts be any different? With synthetic backups, your backups run proficiently behind the scenes while your team is hard at work (making it one less thing on your to-do list). In the event of a data loss or corruption, synthetic backups keep your data accessible and accurate–ensuring that your organization moves forward, faster.
Speed you can count on
Your SaaS data is growing and changing all the time–and it’s up to your backup to keep pace. Synthetic backups ensure that your data is fully covered faster , giving you peace of mind that you won’t sit idle during a data loss or corruption. And, you won't have to compromise speed for accuracy–you can use your backups as soon as they’re done.
Lower RTO/RPO Goals
Organizations always strive for lower Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) goals. (After all, business continuity depends on it). With synthetic backups, you can lower your RTO and RPO goals without lowering your standards. Drawing from a full backup and incremental changes, a synthetic backup accelerates the restoration process in case of a data loss or corruption –decreasing your RTO. Plus, with captured real-time changes, synthetic backups provide accurate data snapshots so you don’t have to scramble for missing pieces– vital for tightening RPO.
Implement synthetic backups with Own
Regardless of what SaaS ecosystem you’re working in, synthetic backups are an industry standard for a reason. But adding this method to your data protection arsenal (much less deploying it) shouldn’t be done hastily–it’s best achieved using a solution you can count on.
With Own Recover for Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform, synthetic backups maximize SaaS data protection capabilities while minimizing headache. Own’s synthetic backups ensure a full data download happens once a week, and any data changes from subsequent days are captured and merged to a new daily backup. This creates a more efficient process with faster time to achieve full data coverage. And, with daily-on-demand backup capabilities, you can make choices that honor your unique data and business needs.
Ready to see the difference synthetic backups can make for you?
