# Planned Features
+ Incremental backup & restore
  + Back up data modified between `start_ts < ts ≤ end_ts`
+ Backup to/restore from external storage e.g. `S3`, `WebDAV`
  + **`./br backup full -s 's3://{bucket_name}/...' ...`**
+ Checkpoints
+ Integration into `TiDB`, allowing invocation via `SQL`
  + **`BACKUP DATABASE ...`** 
  + **`RESTORE DATABASE ...`** 

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Please refer to `https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/backup-and-restore-overview` for the most up-to-date information about `BR`