Quarra Salesforce Data Backup Frequency Increase

Overview

Quarra's automated Salesforce data backup was running on a monthly schedule, exporting the full Salesforce instance to Google Drive. As active development on the org increases, the team agreed to raise the backup frequency to bi-weekly to reduce potential data loss exposure.

Decision

• Previous frequency: Monthly
• New frequency: Bi-weekly
• Storage: Google Drive (existing setup)
• File handling: Overwrite existing backup files — do not accumulate multiple copies

Rationale

As more configuration work, data imports, and integrations are being built out, a monthly backup window creates unacceptable risk. Bi-weekly cadence provides a reasonable safety net without requiring a full-data sandbox (which Quarra does not need — the partial sandbox included in the current subscription is sufficient).

Action Item

• Owner: Karly Oykhman
• Task: Update the automated backup job to run bi-weekly and confirm the overwrite behavior is enabled so copies do not accumulate in Google Drive.

Related

• ^[1] — Quarra client overview
• ^[2] — Decision to use partial sandbox instead of full data sandbox