Microsoft added the option of using the Azure Backup service to provide recovery support for SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2 when those workloads are hosted on Azure virtual machines.

AWS released an update to its Relational Database Service (RDS) that allows users to take advantage of native SQL Server backup and restore functionality. AWS beat Microsoft Azure to market with ...

Our normal practices for backing up SQL servers is to use the regular SQL backup tools to perform full, differential and transaction log backups and this has always worked fine. Recently we ...

According to Idera, its SQL Server database backup and recovery solution, SQL safe, helps database administrators increase backup compression up to 95% and is at least 50% faster than native SQL ...

Joey on SQL Server The Right Approach to Database Backups Elaborate backups might seem like a good idea at first, but they add unnecessary complexity to your recovery process. Here are some things ...

Backing up SQL Server is a standard practice, but knowing which recovery model to use can be confusing. Use these tips to get started with your backup strategy.

Users who have to support Microsoft SQL database servers, but prefer to run Linux as a data back-up/storage platform, may be interested in a new software plug-in from Arkeia.

I have a SQL server that is freezing IO on all DBs 6 times per day at about 2am, 6am, 10am, 2pm, 6pm, and 10pm. These only freeze IO for approximately 2 seconds each time, but it is long enough ...

If you've never backed up your MySQL or MariaDB databases, now's the time. Jack Wallen shows you how to back up that data and restore it, in case your website has met an untimely demise.