MariaDB has introduced a very cool feature called Flashback. Flashback is a feature that will allow instances, databases or tables to be rolled back to an old snapshot. Traditionally, to perform a point-in-time recovery (PITR),...

Database backups are as important as the database itself, especially when ensuring business continuity after a technical hitch that may destroy the database completely. Typically, a backup is just a replication of the database’s contents...

It is sometimes inevitable to run MySQL database servers on a public or exposed network. This is a common setup in a shared hosting environment, where a server is configured with multiple services and often...

There are many tools offering database backup services, it could be on-premises, cloud or even both. Most tools provide some kind of monitoring and reporting services and the differences in the depth of information are...

Database backup for any organization should be an important undertaking for ensuring business continuity in any case of database catastrophe. Restoration of the operational database is only possible if there is a backup in place....

The volume of data is said to be increasing by the minute and estimated to reach 163 zettabytes (ZB) by 2025. This enormous data growth is contributed to by various devices generating data such as...

Backups are a must in all Disaster Recovery Plan. It might not always be enough to guarantee an acceptable Recovery Point Objective, but is a good first approach. The problem is what happens if, in...

Attention: Skip reading this blog post if you can afford unlimited storage space.  If you could afford unlimited storage space, you wouldn't have to worry about backup retention at all, since you could store your...

In one of our previous blogs we explained how Clone Plugin, one of new features that showed in MySQL 8.0.17, can be used to rebuild a replication slave. Currently the go-to tool for that, as...

Data security is important to protect the data in an organisation from unauthorised access, malicious attacks, or phishing activities. The term database security includes the methods taken to protect the security breach from the data...

A data retention policy is a guideline on how to retain, retrieve, or discard data in an organisation. A good, properly scheduled retention plan helps to achieve compliance, control costs, and it can allow you...

Databases are important to all businesses, therefore, it is fundamental to have a good backup policy in place and put it into implementation right from the start. Prior to deciding on the database backup method,...