Tag Archives: Backup/Recovery

The Google Solution

Posted on November 11, 2016 by way0utwest

I was watching a talk from Google on how they back up their data. After all, one of the biggest assets Google has is the tremendous amount of data that they have collected over the years. There are many systems … Continue reading →

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What’s Your Backup Speed?

Posted on November 4, 2016 by way0utwest

I ran across a thread recently where someone was looking to estimate the time it too to perform a 600GB backup. I’ve seen other threads with similar questions. The general advice is that you need to run a backup and … Continue reading →

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Backups Over Time

Posted on April 22, 2016 by way0utwest

I’ve written about backups at various times, including responsibility, problems with systems, and home protection. This is a subject that is important to me, as I consider the responsibility for protecting data to be first and foremost. Security, performance and … Continue reading →

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Converting SQL Backup Files to MTF

Posted on March 8, 2016 by way0utwest

I got a copy of some backup files recently and needed to restore them. However, I don’t have SQL Backup installed on all my instances. It’s not a big deal to install it, but since this is a one-off, I … Continue reading →

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