Dynamic backup management

An electronic computing device comprising:

• a processing unit;
• and
• system memory, the system memory including instructions which, when executed by the processing unit, cause the electronic computing device to:
• identify a plurality of candidate backup jobs;
• identify a backup job to execute from the plurality of candidate backup jobs, wherein the backup job is identified by determining that dependency conditions have been met for the backup job;
• receive a pool of candidate backup devices;
• calculate a cost of performing the backup job for each backup device in the pool of candidate backup devices;
• select a lowest cost backup device from the pool of candidate backup devices;
• receive an estimated percentage of success for the backup job by:
• query a database table containing historical backup job data;
• determine, from the historical backup job data, a number of successfully completed backup jobs and a total number of attempted backup jobs;
• and
• divide the number of successfully completed backup jobs by the total number of attempted backup jobs to determine an estimated percentage of success;
• wherein when the estimated percentage of success for the backup job is greater than a minimum success percentage threshold, execute the backup job using the lowest cost backup device;
• and
• wherein when the estimated percentage of success for the backup job is less than the minimum success percentage threshold, receive a second-lowest cost backup device and execute the backup job using the second-lowest cost backup device;
• allocate an initial quantity of channels for the backup job;
• dynamically allocate additional channels for the backup job, wherein additional channels are allocated one at a time until a channel allocation fails;
• monitor the backup job;
• and
• upon detecting an anomaly during execution of the backup job:
• identify a third-lowest cost backup device for the backup job;
• and
• execute the backup job using the third-lowest cost backup device.