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Can data be backed up incrementally ?

Advice 

Data

C People

A Planet

B Prosperity

Difficulty

N/A

Priority

/

Récurrence

/

Tests

What is the cumulative volume of backups over a month?

Precisions

One piece of data might be present in several different environments, notably on each backup. This will consume space and transfer flows if the backups are outsourced. The presence of unmodified data on all sets of backups brings very little value compared to the cost involved. Incremental backup solutions should be implemented to reduce the impact of this essential security.

Additional elements

Rule for assessing the level of compliance of the criterion

0 / 0

Life cycle

Déploiement

19 other criteria related to the recommendation: Reduce the impact of data from its storage and access

Recommendation Essential

Data

Is the number of requests kept to a minimum (no looping) ?

Advice

Data

Are the slow query detection thresholds set effectively ?

Advice

Data processing

Does regulated data (personal, health, financial) comply with the recommendations for structuring these categories of data ?

Recommendation

security

Is sensitive user data secure ?

Recommendation

Data processing

Does the API provide limits, filters and the list of fields to return ?

Recommendation

Data processing

Is the data collected really useful ?

Recommendation

Data processing

Is sensitive data collected ?

Recommendation

Data processing

Does the data have an expiration date when it is deleted ?

Recommendation

Data

Are data replications between multiple Database Engine (Cluster) instances appropriate for sensitivity and availability requirement ?

Recommendation

Data

Is frequently accessed data available in RAM ?

Recommendation

Data

Are "live" and "dead" data handled differently (eg: Slow storage for "dead" data) ?

Advice

Data

Are EXPLAIN clauses used on "Slow queries" to optimize indexes ?

Advice

Data

Have the different data access solutions (queries, triggers, stored procedures) been tested ?

Advice

Data

Is a NoSql solution more efficient than its relational equivalent ?

Advice

Data

Is an alternative to the relational model being considered ?

Recommendation

Data

Are database indexes consistent with operations ?

Recommendation

Data

Is the removal of obsolete data being managed ?

Recommendation

Data

Do implemented queries use joins rather than multiple queries ?

Advice

Data

Is an alternative to SQL queries used when possible (local storage or similar) ?