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# Backup, Recovery, and Replication

Protect and replicate cluster data — snapshots and point-in-time recovery, cross-datacenter replication, and cache update conflict resolution.

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[Snapshots and Recovery](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-8/gridgain8-management/backup-and-replication/snapshots.md)
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Overview of GridGain snapshots and recovery: full and incremental snapshots, point-in-time recovery, network backups, heterogeneous recovery, and tooling.
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[Data Center Replication](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-8/gridgain8-management/backup-and-replication/data-center-replication.md)
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GridGain data center replication lets you replicate data caches between multiple data centers and recover quickly when a data center goes offline.
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[Conflict Resolution](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-8/gridgain8-management/backup-and-replication/conflict-resolution.md)
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How GridGain resolves cache update conflicts, including automatic resolution and the CacheConflictResolver interface for custom conflict handling.
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