Immutable backup against crypto attacks
Have you heard about Retention lock, Immutable Shared Folder, WORM (Write Once Read Many)? Many NAS …
Backup and Recovery
Database recovery IMPORTANT rule
Recently, I had a case with a customer in a really difficult situation. They accidentally deleted …
SUSPECT database
Recently I had a customer case with a “suspect” database. In that state database is not …
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Crypto-virus resistent backup
Introduction Crypto-viruses encrypt your data. If it asks money (a ransom) to decrypt, we call them …
Database Recovery from RAM
Introduction Recently I had a client who basically lost his SQL Server databases. I decided to …
Transaction Log Backups – How long to keep them?
Introduction In this post I will give you a tip on how long it would be …
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Disk failure probability on a large number of disks
Introduction We either have or will experience a drive failure. Doesn’t matter if we talk about …
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Transaction log myths
There are some myths widely spread about transaction log that are to be debunked here: Log …
Set transaction log size and growth
Introduction What is the best practice, how to properly set-up transaction log initial size, growth, and …
Transaction log Truncate vs Shrink vs VLF number
Transaction log truncate – why it didn’t shrink my log ? (Truncate vs Shrink) Introduction One …
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