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title: Data sources eleventyNavigation: key: 🗄️ Data sources
parent: ⚙️ Configuration
Data sources are built-in borgmatic integrations that, instead of backing up plain filesystem data, can pull data directly from database servers and filesystem snapshots.
In the case of supported database systems, borgmatic dumps your configured databases, streaming them directly to Borg when creating a backup. And for supported filesystems / volume managers, borgmatic takes on-demand snapshots of configured source directories and feeds them to Borg.
Here are the supported data sources and how to configure their borgmatic integrations:
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