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've been scratching my head about this for quite some time and can't quite figure it out. I have a share on Server1 (Windows 2008 R2) and Server2 (Windows 2012 R2) that I use to store SQL backups ...

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.

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 ...

I was testing out some new SQL Server 2008 features recently: Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) and Backup Compression. Both are new features in SQL Server 2008. TDE will allow you to encrypt an ...

PowerShell offers a lightweight and efficient solution for backing up SQL Server Express databases on local workstations without the need for full system backups.

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 ...

Data management: Since DBA’s already have native SQL backup as a way to restore data, Sean McCown poses, “why is everyone like Quest and Red-Gate fighting over the SQL Server backup arena ...