# Backup & Restore

- [Backup and Restore Overview](https://mariadb.com/docs/analytics/mariadb-columnstore/management/column-store-backup-and-restore/backup-and-restore-with-mariadb-enterprise-columnstore.md): Backup and restore overview for MariaDB ColumnStore: system-of-record planning, full and incremental backup strategies, and the components that must be backed up together.
- [Backup and Restore with Object Storage](https://mariadb.com/docs/analytics/mariadb-columnstore/management/column-store-backup-and-restore/mariadb-enterprise-columnstore-backup-and-restore-with-object-storage.md): Backup and restore for MariaDB ColumnStore on S3 object storage: MariaDB data directory via mariadb-backup, the S3 bucket via vendor snapshot, and the Storage Manager directory.
- [Backup and Restore with Shared Local Storage](https://mariadb.com/docs/analytics/mariadb-columnstore/management/column-store-backup-and-restore/mariadb-enterprise-columnstore-backup-and-restore-with-shared-local-storage.md): Backup and restore for MariaDB ColumnStore on shared local storage (NFS): MariaDB data directory via MariaDB Backup, the Storage Manager directory, and each DB Root directory.
- [MCS backup and restore commands](https://mariadb.com/docs/analytics/mariadb-columnstore/management/column-store-backup-and-restore/mcs-backup-and-restore-commands.md): MCS backup and restore CLI for MariaDB ColumnStore: full and incremental backups across local, shared, and S3 storage with compression, parallelism, and DBRM workflows.


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