A major outage from Atlassian because of a bad script has Steve thinking about the challenges of recovering from mistakes. When we are making changes to portions of our data and we need to plan for mistakes to occur and ensure we can restore the data.
2022-04-22
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Continuous backup in Cosmos DB doesn't quite work as Steve would expect. He has a few comments on why it is important you know how your backup and restore system works.
2022-02-21
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2022-02-18
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2021-11-12
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2021-11-05
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2021-10-18
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Sometimes just running a backup isn't enough, especially in this era of ransomware. Steve has a few thoughts on backup strategies and recovery skills.
2021-08-09
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2021-02-08
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Without a good backup and recovery strategy in place, a DBA should make sure their resume is always up to date. In this article, Greg Larsen discusses what should be considered when developing a backup plan.
2020-12-17
One of the most important responsibilities for a DBA is to ensure that a database can be restored in case of corruption, a dropped table, or another disaster. In this article, Greg Larsen explains the different types of backups available with SQL Server.
2020-12-01
By Brian Kelley
During COVID, I attended training on software/enterprise architecture given by Mark Richards. One of...
For me, the objective is straightforward: have a backup strategy that is reliable, understandable,...
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