> So, that means customers can't get the original crawled data from GSA
> directly, I am sorry to hear that, we can only fetch the results via
> APIs, otherelse, we couldn't backup the crawled data.
Correct. The format and structure of the crawled data, indices, and so
on is (likely) a trade secret and proprietary.
Keep in mind: The GSA/Mini is not intended to be used as a backup
server nor a relational database. It's prime directive (as it were) is
to provide the most relevant search results in record time. Contrast
with returning all possible results (as in the case of a database
query) and backing up a DB.
Meanwhile, it is possible to backup the _configuration_ which, when
reinstated, will repopulate the original collection. Thus, you can
backup the conditions for crawling and serving ... and even replicate
them quickly across appliances.
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