API Gateway 10.11 | Administering API Gateway | Operating API Gateway | Data Management | Data Backup | Backup Repository Capacity Sizing
 
Backup Repository Capacity Sizing
The size of backup repository depends on the size of data stored in API Data Store on a regular basis. The following questions help you calculate the backup repository size:
*What is the backup frequency?
The backup frequency impacts the memory size and it has to be taken into account for analyzing memory size.
The recommended backup frequency for:
*Assets data. More frequent. For example, 1 hour. The assets data is very critical for the business to run seamlessly; and it is lesser in size.
*Analytics data. Lesser frequent than the assets data. For example, 24 hours. The analytics data is larger in size.
*Are the API payload details included in the backup?
If you choose to backup the headers, parameters, requests, and responses of API payloads, it impacts the memory and disk size.
*How long the backup snapshots to be stored?
The retention period of backup snapshots impacts the disk size requirement. You could retain backup snapshots for a maximum of 30 to 90 days based on your requirement after which you can archive or purge.