If there are transactions in flight, or unflushed changes, your C: or d: restore of database files might not work. SQL Backups work by ensuring that in flight activity is...

Biased here, but Redgate SQL Backup works really well. The speed gains are mostly from compression, which is what many of these products use.

I am wary of products...

Be super careful about mixing backups. An Amazon backup might not get you a consistent database one, and you might see suspect databases on system/Windows restore that you need to...

This was one that surprised me as well. Glad you like these.

No great technical articles. I see the reports from companies that show how much traffic they get, the cost savings, etc. However, there aren't a lot of the details on...

I'm hoping I don't continue to streak, but such is life, where the robots let me down this year in the draft.