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Nearly all enterprise and mid-range storage arrays come with snapshots. But that’s not the only place you can manage them from. Backup software also comes with snapshot functionality, and in fact some ...

Let's follow up the last column with a step-by-step breakdown shows how the PowerShell script automates SQL Server backups, manages retention, logs activity and verifies data integrity. In my first ...

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Backup is a key component of any good data protection strategy. But does the advent of virtualisation mean traditional backup can be replaced by new data protection methods, such as replication, ...