# Backup and recovery

> Backup and restore for NYXDB — consistent backups of a node's tables and restore to a new node.

A backup captures a consistent copy of a node's tables, their versions and the
definitions that maintain them. Restoring a backup on a new node brings the
tables back at the backup's commit, and transformations resume from their
checkpoints. Replication protects against the loss of a node; backups protect
against the loss of data.

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Source: https://nyxdb.io/docs/operations/backup-recovery/