Backups are automatically taken of the production database on the interval specified by the setting Database Backup Interval. The default interval is 30 minutes.
Backups are automatically removed according to the setting Database Backup Retention, default is to keep backups for 7 days.
The interval in combination with the retention period will determine the disk space required for storing the backups. Make sure you are not filling up the drive!
On the Database Backup page, it's possible to restore the system to a previous backup if a disaster should occur. This should be used only in emergency, as the system will lose information about the locations of many carriers and what operations have been performed since the backup was taken.