From 14bcd3d70bde8f2189f76a2c1c92a9278bf5f432 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rostislav Dugin Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:55:12 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] FEATURE (readme): Update readme --- README.md | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 141fe68..9244c7d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -91,14 +91,16 @@ It is also important for Databasus that you are able to decrypt and restore back - **Dark & light themes**: Choose the look that suits your workflow - **Mobile adaptive**: Check your backups from anywhere on any device -### ☁️ **Works with self-hosted & cloud databases** +### 🔌 **Connection types** -Databasus works seamlessly with both self-hosted PostgreSQL and cloud-managed databases: +- **Remote** — Databasus connects directly to the database over the network (recommended in read-only mode). No agent or additional software required. Works with cloud-managed and self-hosted databases +- **Agent** — A lightweight Databasus agent (written in Go) runs alongside the database. The agent streams backups directly to Databasus, so the database never needs to be exposed publicly. Supports host-installed databases and Docker containers -- **Cloud support**: AWS RDS, Google Cloud SQL, Azure Database for PostgreSQL -- **Self-hosted**: Any PostgreSQL instance you manage yourself -- **Why no PITR support?**: Cloud providers already offer native PITR, and external PITR backups cannot be restored to managed cloud databases — making them impractical for cloud-hosted PostgreSQL -- **Practical granularity**: Hourly and daily backups are sufficient for 99% of projects without the operational complexity of WAL archiving +### 📦 **Backup types** + +- **Logical** — Native dump of the database in its engine-specific binary format. Compressed and streamed directly to storage with no intermediate files +- **Physical** — File-level copy of the entire database cluster. Faster backup and restore for large datasets compared to logical dumps (requires agent) +- **Incremental** — Physical base backup combined with continuous WAL segment archiving. Enables Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR) — restore to any second between backups. Designed for disaster recovery and near-zero data loss requirements (requires agent) ### 🐳 **Self-hosted & secure**