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Multi-tiered Backups & Disaster Recovery Summary

Ottomatic’s FileMaker Hosting platform includes a multi-tiered backup strategy. FileMaker Server backups are pushed offsite every day and held for 14 days by default**. Point-in-time snapshots (Snaps) are made at 30-minute intervals and stored for up to 7 days**.

Additional backup and disaster recovery options, like full VM backups and offsite backups to your own s3 buckets are also available***.

1.) Longer retention for offsite backups is available at and additional cost*
2.) Point-in-time snapshots storage retention changes based on delta changes*
3.) Full VM backups and additional offsite S3 storage available at additional cost*

Standard FileMaker Backups

You can configure standard FileMaker Server backups based on your needs. These will supplement offsite backups and point-in-time snapshots and will be limited to available storage needs.

Offsite Backups

Ottomatic provides offsite backups with it's fully managed FileMaker Hosting Services. These backups are hosted in immutable storage, replicated to an additional zone, and retained for 14 days.

Backup links can be provided by opening a support ticket through our Cloud Console. Direct access to these backups will be available via the Cloud Console soon.

Point-in-Time Snapshots (Snaps)

Our point-in-time snapshots or Snaps allow for quick restoration or download of your FileMaker Apps via our Cloud Console. Snaps run every 30 minutes, working along side FileMaker progressive backups. The mounted Snaps volume is equivalent in size to the VM instance volume and will hold up to 7 days of point-in-time snapshots.

Full VM backups (disaster recovery)

For an additional cost per VM Instance, we can enable Full VM Backups. This is a complete backup of the running VM, giving the ability to roll back to either daily, every other day, weekly or monthly full VM backup. Two backups are retained per VM and these backups can be transferred to other data centers, providing enhanced disaster recovery.

OttoFMS Backups to S3

Lastly, you have the option to utilize OttoFMS to push backups off to either your configure Ottomatic Object Storage or your own S3 compatible service. Read more about it here.