Buy An SQL Backup Before It's Too Late

Dec 13
11:10

2010

Robert Schumann

Robert Schumann

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You probably wouldn't think of driving down the street without some form of car insurance, and if you own a home or a piece of property, you wouldn't dare buy it without having your insurance in place. The same should be true with your data, since in many cases your information is the most valuable asset that your business has. If you have a SQL server and you don't have a SQL backup program installed, you are taking serious chances with the future of your business.

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The primary reason why many IT professionals don't think that a SQL backup program is important is that they live in an area of the country where there aren't large scale natural disasters. They don't think that their building will be wiped out by a flood,Buy An SQL Backup Before It's Too Late Articles a hurricane, a tornado, or even an earthquake.

Although this may be true, these aren't the only type of "disasters" that can occur to your SQL server. Many a company has been wiped out by a power surge, a broken pipe, sprinklers that have gone off, or even a small fire. When something like this happens to your building and you don't have a SQL backup stored in an off-site location, you will be in big trouble.

If you think that a backup will only store your documents, then you are wrong. The true value of backing up your entire SQL server is that it will be much easier to re-construct it should everything go down. From being able to easily get everyone back on the network, to making sure that everyone's settings, users preferences, and passwords are just like they were before, having a backup in place is perhaps the most important insurance you could ever buy for your business, and to protect your job in the future.