YugabyteDB 2.17 introduces major updates to its backup and restore capabilities, enabling faster and more efficient data protection for business-critical applications. The new "Backup 2.0" architecture improves the performance of backups and restores by up to 5x, reducing recovery times and increasing the frequency of backups. Additionally, incremental backups are introduced, allowing organizations to create smaller, more frequent backups that reduce the amount of data transferred across the network. These features empower developers to modernize their databases and improve productivity, while also providing a host of new benefits unmatched in legacy and many modern databases.