The text discusses the challenges and innovations in database management, specifically focusing on Timescale's efforts to improve backup and restore processes. Historically relying on pgBackrest for backups, Timescale encountered delays in full database backups and restorations, particularly with large databases and during PostgreSQL version upgrades. To address this, they integrated EBS snapshots, a faster, cloud-native approach, significantly reducing backup and restore times by over 100 times. EBS snapshots are used both during major version upgrades and for creating forks, high-availability replicas, and read replicas, providing redundant backups alongside pgBackrest. This dual approach enhances user experience by minimizing downtime and ensuring data safety, although it requires balancing deployment speed with performance, especially during initial data access. The company continues to refine its strategy, exploring smarter snapshot timing and prewarming techniques to optimize performance, but maintains pgBackrest for its effective WAL management. Timescale invites interest in their innovative database solutions, offering a free 30-day trial to experience the benefits firsthand.