A couple of weeks ago I kicked off a survey asking how often you perform full backups of your databases. Here are the results: The ‘Other’ values are: 20 x ‘Daily for small dbs, weekly (with daily diff) for large dbs.’ 16 x ‘Depends. Some daily, some weekly.’ 5 x ‘Daily on small, weekly on [...]

A couple of weeks ago I kicked off a survey about where you store your backups. Here are the results: The’Other’ responses are: 8 x ‘Stored on same SAN, different LUN as databases, with off-site copies.’ 6 x ‘Copy 1 stored on same SAN (1-2 days) for quick restore in non-physical disaster. Copy 2 stored [...]