Docs: noted RethinkDB would like to add continuous backup

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**Continuous backup** might mean incremental backup on a very regular basis (e.g. every ten minutes), or it might mean backup of every database operation as it happens. The latter is also called transaction logging or continuous archiving.
RethinkDB doesn't have a built-in incremental or continuous backup capability. Incremental backup was mentioned briefly in RethinkDB Issue [#89](https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/issues/89).
At the time of writing, RethinkDB didn't have a built-in incremental or continuous backup capability, but the idea was raised in RethinkDB issues [#89](https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/issues/89) and [#5890](https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/issues/5890). On July 5, 2016, Daniel Mewes (of RethinkDB) wrote the following comment on issue #5890: "We would like to add this feature [continuous backup], but haven't started working on it yet."
To get a sense of what continuous backup might look like for RethinkDB, one can look at the continuous backup options available for MongoDB. MongoDB, the company, offers continuous backup with [Ops Manager](https://www.mongodb.com/products/ops-manager) (self-hosted) or [Cloud Manager](https://www.mongodb.com/cloud) (fully managed). Features include: