# Aerospike restore data which is not backedup

**URL:** <https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/aerospike-restore-data-which-is-not-backedup/5705>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [November 26, 2018, 5:12am UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/aerospike-restore-data-which-is-not-backedup/5705 "2018-11-26T05:12:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rahul\_Gowda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Rahul\_Gowda](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/Rahul_Gowda)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 5:12am UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/aerospike-restore-data-which-is-not-backedup/5705/1 "2018-11-26T05:12:03Z")

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Hi,

we are using aerospike in our test environment and unfortunately we have lost some data. Is there a way to restore the data ? we have not backup any data at the moment.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![rguo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a587f6/32.png) [@rguo](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/rguo)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2018, 1:54am UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/aerospike-restore-data-which-is-not-backedup/5705/2 "2018-11-27T01:54:01Z")

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Depends on how the data was lost.

The only thing remotely close to a “restore” is cold starting and hope some records come back (see [Issues with cold-start resurrecting deleted records](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/issues-with-cold-start-resurrecting-deleted-records/3930)). In this case, you’re deliberately trying to make this happen, instead of preventing it.

If you’re using non-persistent storage (in-memory only), then there’s nothing to recover from.