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Physical vs Logical Backups in Percona Backup for MongoDB

Event: Build DevCon: Document Databases

Dates: 28 August 2026 – 28 August 2026

Presentation: 28 August 2026 , 01:00

Link: On event website

Speaker: Boris Ilijic

The talk provides a practical overview of physical and logical backup, with a technical deep dive into the differences between the two, and a comparison of backup/restore speed, backup size, ops complexity and functional limitations.

While the content targets users with existing product experience, new users benefit from a live demo and a preview of the backup use cases.

Key takeaways include:

Understanding backup execution within a MongoDB sharded cluster and the distributed agent-based architecture.

Previewing and comparing physical and logical backup storage layout.

Explaining and comparing technical benefits and trade-offs when executing logical/physical backups and restores.

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Physical vs Logical Backups in Percona Backup for MongoDB

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