The document discusses MongoDB's approach to backup and recovery across on-premises and cloud environments. It describes the evolution from complex on-premises backup architectures utilizing multiple agents and daemons to a simpler approach using WiredTiger checkpoints stored directly in object storage. It also outlines Atlas' multi-region disaster recovery capabilities and ability to restore from queryable cloud provider snapshots at a granular level. Future improvements may include agents writing directly to backups, incremental checkpoints, and optimizations for selective restores.