Enhancing GitHub Repository Resilience: A Comparative Analysis of Backup Solutions and Risk Mitigation Strategies

Authors: Venkata Raman Immidisetti

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14981200

Short DOI: https://doi.org/g868rz

Country: USA

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Abstract: GitHub has emerged as a critical platform for software development, offering version control, collaboration, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) functionalities. However, its centralized architecture presents potential risks, including inadvertent deletions, cybersecurity threats, service interruptions, and vendor lock-in, necessitating repository backups as a crucial component of software management. This paper examines the risks associated with the absence of backups and investigates how backup tools mitigate these challenges through automated scheduling, offsite storage, version retention, and compliance enforcement. A comparative analysis of prominent backup solutions—HYCU, GitProtect, Rewind, and Druva—elucidates their respective strengths and limitations, focusing on features such as backup frequency, security, compliance, and cost. The findings underscore that selecting an appropriate backup tool is essential for ensuring business continuity, regulatory compliance, and data integrity in contemporary development environments.

Keywords: GitHub Backup, Version Control Security, Repository Data Protection, Disaster Recovery, Automated Backup Solutions, Cloud-Based Backup Strategies, Cybersecurity, Compliance, Data Retention, Risk Mitigation, Software Development, Comparative Analysis, Backup Tools

Paper Id: 232224

Published On: 2024-11-05

Published In: Volume 12, Issue 6, November-December 2024

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