Automated data backups of student and staff records

**Purpose**

1.1. Automate scheduled and on-demand data backups of student and staff digital records including personal details, grades, attendance, disciplinary files, and contact information.
1.2. Ensure data protection, disaster recovery, and compliance with educational data retention policies by automating consistent, secure, and redundant cloud/local archival of sensitive school records.
1.3. Enable automated backup reporting, versioning, and immediate restore capability for evolving academic and administrative records.

**Trigger Conditions**

2.1. Automate backup every night at a fixed schedule (e.g., 2:00 AM).
2.2. Automate on changes to student or staff records (record created, modified, deleted).
2.3. Automate on command (manual restore or backup via admin portal/API).
2.4. Automate before major software/system updates or semester change.
2.5. Automate on threat detection events (e.g., malware alert, resource failure).

**Platform Variants**

3.1. **Google Drive API**
- Feature/Setting: automate `files.create`, `files.update`, and versioning endpoints for cloud backups.
- Sample: Schedule `files.create` with daily cron trigger.

3.2. **Dropbox API**
- Feature/Setting: automate `/files/upload` and `/files/list_folder` for incremental backups.
- Sample: Configure webhook to trigger `/files/upload` on record changes.

3.3. **OneDrive Graph API**
- Feature/Setting: automate `/drive/root:/backup:/content` for auto-sync and offsite backups.
- Sample: Schedule API to automate snapshot upload every 24 hours.

3.4. **Amazon S3**
- Feature/Setting: automate `PutObject`, `GetObject`, and lifecycle rules for backup rotation.
- Sample: Trigger `PutObject` on record update.

3.5. **Microsoft Azure Blob Storage**
- Feature/Setting: automate `Put Blob` for backup, configure lifecycle management for archiving.
- Sample: Automate data movement into Archive tier nightly.

3.6. **Box API**
- Feature/Setting: automate upload, metadata versioning, and shared folder permissions.
- Sample: Automate with `files/upload` on bulk data changes.

3.7. **Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage**
- Feature/Setting: automate `b2_upload_file` for large data archives.
- Sample: Schedule whole-folder automated uploads weekly.

3.8. **Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage**
- Feature/Setting: automate S3-compatible `PUT` and enable automated compliance retention.
- Sample: Automate by configuring application hooks for direct-to-Wasabi push.

3.9. **pCloud API**
- Feature/Setting: automate file backup with `uploadfile` endpoint and auto-expiry settings.
- Sample: Automate per-user or department folders.

3.10. **Egnyte**
- Feature/Setting: automate file/folder syncing and snapshot scheduling via REST API.
- Sample: Automate snapshot at shift end.

3.11. **FTP/SFTP Servers**
- Feature/Setting: automate secure `put` of backup archives with folder mirroring tools.
- Sample: Nightly `rsync` automation to SFTP server.

3.12. **Alfresco ECM**
- Feature/Setting: automate repository backup/restore via CMIS or REST endpoints.
- Sample: Automate "on-edit" backup event.

3.13. **Google Cloud Storage**
- Feature/Setting: automate `objects.insert`, storage class transitions, and retention policies.
- Sample: Automate triggers via Google Cloud Pub/Sub.

3.14. **IBM Cloud Object Storage**
- Feature/Setting: automate `upload_part` for parallel large file backups.
- Sample: Automate after end-of-day processing.

3.15. **DigitalOcean Spaces**
- Feature/Setting: automate S3-compatible backup and automated folder sync jobs via API.
- Sample: Configure to automate on API file change webhook.

3.16. **Nextcloud API**
- Feature/Setting: automate push/pull of backup folders using WebDAV or REST.
- Sample: Schedule automated WebDAV sync for school data.

3.17. **Seafile**
- Feature/Setting: automate data backup, snapshot scheduling, and library sync.
- Sample: Automate on a class-by-class folder basis.

3.18. **Acronis Cyber Protect**
- Feature/Setting: automate endpoint data protection, incremental backup, and cloud failover via API.
- Sample: Automate deployment to all workstations nightly.

3.19. **Veritas NetBackup**
- Feature/Setting: automate school-wide backup policies, automated retention enforcement, and file-level restores via REST API.
- Sample: Automate full record backup monthly and incremental daily.

3.20. **Veeam Backup & Replication**
- Feature/Setting: automate scheduled backup jobs and instant VM/file restore via API.
- Sample: Automate cloud backup copy and retention.

**Benefits**

4.1. Automates protection against data loss from hardware failure, ransomware, or accidental deletion.
4.2. Ensures compliance by automating secure, redundant archiving to authorized endpoints.
4.3. Reduces administrative effort by automating workflows and backup verifications.
4.4. Improves recovery speed through automated restore and reporting tools.
4.5. Enables audit trails with automated versioning and tracking of backup operations.
4.6. Minimizes risks by automating backup monitoring, anomaly detection, and notification.