"The tool provides a backup and restore solution for the PostgreSQL RDBMS, which has become more or less ubiquitous in services offered by cloud providers including AWS, Google, and Microsoft Azure."
"Since Crunchy Data was sold, I have been maintaining pgBackRest and looking for a position that would allow me to continue the work, but so far I have not been successful. Likewise, my efforts to secure sponsorship have also fallen far short of what I need to make the project viable."
"Their support means the project is no longer reliant on a single sponsor, giving pgBackRest the stability it needs for the long term,"
"Open source software is built on broad community participation, and we are pleased to see continued support for pgBackRest from organizations across the ecosystem. Snowflake supports a variety of open source projects, including within the Postgres ecosystem, and we look forward to continued community collaboration."
pgBackRest is a backup and restore solution for PostgreSQL. It has become widely used across cloud services from providers such as AWS, Google, and Microsoft Azure. For 13 years, David Steele maintained the project until June of the previous year, when Crunchy Data was acquired by Snowflake. After the sale, Steele said he could not find a role that would let him continue maintaining pgBackRest and that sponsorship efforts were insufficient. He announced he was no longer able to maintain the project. A group of companies including AWS and Percona has pledged funding to support ongoing development, providing stability by spreading support beyond a single sponsor.
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