Tag Archives: disaster recovery

What’s the Bus Factor?

Posted on August 21, 2020 by way0utwest

I was on a webinar recently and someone mentioned the bus factor, which is a phrase I’d heard before, but not in a long time. Essentially this is the number of people, or maybe a certain specific group of people, … Continue reading →

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Defending Against Ransomware

Posted on May 12, 2020 by way0utwest

I don’t manage production systems at Redgate, and I’ve not seen us have any disruption in the access to systems across the last few years. At a number of events, however, I’ve spoken to friends that have told me about … Continue reading →

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Expect the Unexpected with DiRT

Posted on December 5, 2019 by way0utwest

Disaster recovery is one of the core tasks that many DBAs think about on a regular basis. Ensuring that we can get our data back online, available, accessible, and intact is important. More than a few DBAs that haven’t been … Continue reading →

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DR Priority

Posted on November 22, 2019 by way0utwest

Those of us that act as DBAs or sysadmins for database systems know that DR is a point of emphasis for us. We usually spend plenty of time ensuring backups are working and practicing restores. The automated scripts and processes … Continue reading →

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