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ZFIN has multiple levels of versioning:1)

Database

The database is backed up nightly, producing a time stamped archive that can be retrieved back to 2007. The backups are Postgres dump files (back to 2018 while prior to 2018 back files are store for an Informix database) that can easily be loaded into a new Postgres / Informix instance.

Software

2) In addition to database backup files, ZFIN versions the software by release name: release-<ID>. The software lives in GitHub.

Download Files

3) ZFIN also provides download files (user facing) , which that are generated nightly. They are time stamped back to 2012.

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