How you back up your database depends three factors: how the database is delivered to you, the backup logistics of the database, and the recovery time objective (RTO) and the recovery point objective ...

The design of a database determines what method is best suited for backing it up, and those methods vary quite a bit. In order to back up a database, you need to know how it’s delivered, but you also ...

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How to back up and restore MySQL/MariaDB data for a website Your email has been sent If you've never backed up your MySQL or MariaDB databases, now's the time. Jack Wallen shows you how to back up ...

Backing Up the Data-Driven Enterprise As Data Scales, So Do Backup and Recovery Challenges Many organizations are challenged to manage, back up, and secure hundreds of siloed databases, the survey ...

Data is growing both in volume and importance. As time goes on, the amount of data that we need to store is growing, and the data itself is becoming more and more critical for organizations. It is ...

Data plays a vital role in any successful business. Protect­ing this data is mission-critical, and it falls to database administrators (DBAs) to organize, maintain, and secure it. The most effective ...

Zmanda expects to release in one month a major upgrade of its open source backup solution that enables disastery recovery to the cloud and new support for Microsoft SharePoint 2007, PostgreSQL, and ...

What is a Database Administrator and What Do They Do All Day? Your email has been sent A DBA is a technician skilled in SQL and very large databases who is responsible for managing database software, ...