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BACKUPS. What is your plan???. Plan in Writing. “A goal without a plan is just a wish.” Antoine de Saint- Exupéry. The 5 W’s. Who What When Where Why. Why?. The average lifespan of a hard drive is 3 years. Plan B, C, D…. Cover as many “What if’s” as you can. . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
BACKUPS
What is your plan???
Plan in Writing
“A goal without a plan is just a wish.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The 5 W’sWho
WhatWhen
WhereWhy
Why?The average lifespan of a
hard drive is 3 years
Plan B, C, D…Cover as many “What
if’s” as you can.
Backup Plan For Your Backup
A – Daily backup procedureB – Backup operator is outC – What if it fails?D – Disaster recovery
The Changing Face of Backup
SQLStructured Query
Language
How Does This Change ThingsYou can not run a live backupThe data must be exported
Backup DestinationsTapesUSB Flash drivesPortable Hard DrivesSSD vs Spinning Hard DriveCloud
Backup DestinationsTapesUSB Flash drivesPortable Hard Drives
Cloud
Holds a lot of dataEasy to use, inexpensiveEasy to use, lots of spaceHappens continuously
Backup DestinationsTapesUSB Flash drives
Portable Hard Drives
Cloud
Fragile, slowCan be Slow, Drive letter can changeCan be damaged with a dropDepends on internet connection
Checking Your BackupKnow how to check your backup logRecord when and who checks itLook for trends in your backup
Restoring DataHow do you verify a backup?
Can you do a selective restore?
How long does a restore take?
SecurityHow much security do you need?
PhysicalControlling Access
EncryptionAES, Serpent, Twofish, RSA, Elliptic
Curve, Tiple DES
What Is NextEverything in the cloud?SQL is here to stayIt will always be evolving