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title: Backup and restore | Tiger Data Docs
description: Back up and restore your self-hosted TimescaleDB instance using logical or physical backups
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TimescaleDB takes advantage of the reliable backup and restore functionality provided by PostgreSQL. There are a few different mechanisms you can use to back up your self-hosted TimescaleDB database:

- [Logical backup](/docs/deploy/self-hosted/backup-and-restore/logical-backup/index.md) with `pg_dump` and `pg_restore`.
- [Physical backup](/docs/deploy/self-hosted/backup-and-restore/physical/index.md) with `pg_basebackup` or another tool.