# LFS recovery for DevOps organizations

**GitProtect supports backup and recovery of Git Large File Storage (LFS) content for DevOps organizations, ensuring that repositories configured with Git LFS are protected together with their associated large binary objects. During restore operations, both standard Git data and LFS objects are recovered to preserve repository integrity and maintain consistency across supported DevOps platforms.**

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## Restoring LFS metadata

**GitProtect** supports the backup and recovery of LFS objects across all supported **DevOps** platforms.

While you can choose whether to include LFS metadata during the recovery process, please note that **LFS must be restored alongside its parent repository**; it cannot be recovered as a standalone item.

{% hint style="danger" %}
If LFS objects are included in your repository’s source code archives, downloading those archives will count toward the repository’s bandwidth usage.
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<figure><img src="https://696332517-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FtsE6XtJyUIEKVdSxPlS3%2Fuploads%2FSIoP519iDutiXcE09EZQ%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=39ea956d-8386-46e0-8825-a0e1b50a4cca" alt=""><figcaption><p><em>Example of LFS metadata included in <strong>Azure DevOps</strong> project recovery process.</em></p></figcaption></figure>

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## Useful links and items

{% embed url="<https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/repos/git/manage-large-files?view=azure-devops>" %}

{% embed url="<https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/storage-policy-for-git-lfs-with-bitbucket/>" %}

{% embed url="<https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/manage-large-files-with-git-large-file-storage-lfs/>" %}

{% embed url="<https://docs.github.com/en/billing/concepts/product-billing/git-lfs>" %}