Why 58% of backups fail? What is the cost of this failure?

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G'day Atlassian Community!

Have you ever stopped to think about how much time and money your organization spends on backup processes? Or what the real cost is when backups fail? Which metrics truly matter when evaluating your backup strategy?

Here’s a reality check: businesses spend 250+ hours a year managing backups — yet many still face uncertainty when it comes to restore success. According to InventioIT, 58% of backups fail, leaving organizations exposed to permanent data loss and downtime.

Now let’s talk cost.
The average DevOps engineer earns $63/hour in the U.S. That means you could be spending $15,750 per year on backup tasks alone — without any guarantee that your data is actually recoverable in a disaster.

And the risks?
Downtime can cost up to $9,000 per minute. Add in potential compliance penalties in the millions, and the stakes become very real. With new data regulations always around the corner, compliance is no longer optional.

So, what’s your team’s approach to backup?
DIY solutions like manual file downloads or custom scripts may seem quick—but they’re time-consuming, error-prone, and offer no guarantees.

And the cost of that “solution”?
$15,750 (manual effort) + man-hour maintenance + opportunity cost + downtime ($9K/min) = 🚨

The good news? There’s a better way. Here's what your backup strategy should include:

✅ Full data protection for Bitbucket, Jira, GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps
✅ Incremental/differential/custom backups to meet strict RTOs and RPOs
✅ Support for the 3-2-1 backup rule with multiple storage locations (cloud/on-prem)
✅ Backup replication and unlimited retention for legal/compliance needs
✅ Ransomware protection with WORM, encryption, and versioning
✅ Easy-to-monitor backup performance
✅ Fast, scenario-ready Disaster Recovery tests
✅ Full or granular restore from any point in time

 Sounds like a lot? It's actually simpler than you think.

🚀 In just 30 days, you can build and launch a rock-solid DevOps backup and Disaster Recovery strategy.

Join us at the upcoming DevOps Backup Academy webinar to see how. No fluff. No marketing. Just practical, real-world tactics to safeguard your DevOps and project management data — step-by-step.

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