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SQL Server Backup to S3
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Backing Up SQL Server Databases to Amazon S3

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Backing Up SQL Server Databases to Amazon S3

If you run Microsoft SQL Server, you may wish to back up your databases to a cloud like Amazon Web Services (AWS). Doing so not only provides you with a virtually infinite amount of backup storage space in the cloud, but it can also make recovery easy in cases where you decide to restore your database using a cloud-based server.

In this article, we explain the main options available to backup SQL Server to Amazon S3. In particular, we’ll discuss backing up your data manually from a SQL Server database into S3, backing up data to AWS RDS and, finally, how to perform an image-based backup with the help of MSP360 Backup.
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Microsoft Azure vs Amazon S3 Data Transfer Pricing Comparison
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Microsoft Azure vs Amazon S3 Data Transfer Pricing Comparison

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Microsoft Azure vs Amazon S3 Data Transfer Pricing Comparison

Bandwidth and data transfer pricing can have a significant cost on your cloud-computing bill. And unlike the basic pricing of cloud-computing instances, data transfer costs on clouds like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Azure can be difficult to compare, because each cloud provider uses a somewhat different model for data transfer pricing. Continue reading

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Cloud Backup Strategy with Microsoft Azure and MSP360 Backup

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Cloud Backup Strategy with Microsoft Azure and MSP360 Backup

In this webinar, Kumail Hussain, Senior Program Manager at Azure Archive Storage, Microsoft and David Gugick, VP Product Management at CloudBerry Lab discuss Azure storage peculiarities, specifically the Azure Archive storage class that is designed for cold storage of long term data that can handle several hours of retrieval.  Continue reading

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SQL Database Backup
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SQL Server Database Backup with MSP360

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SQL Server Database Backup with MSP360

To keep your Microsoft SQL Server databases safe, you need to back them up. Today, it is considered a best practice to have at least two backup copies of all of your data, one on-site and one off-site.

In this article, we will demonstrate how MSP360 Backup can provide both on-site and off-site SQL database backups by backing up data to both local storage and cloud storage, and how to backup a database in SQL Server.
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SQL Server Database Restore
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SQL Server Database Restore with MSP360

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SQL Server Database Restore with MSP360

MSP360 Backup supports backup and restore of Microsoft SQL Server databases. The product integrates with Microsoft SQL Server's built-in backup and restore mechanisms, provides SQL Server compression, and offers flexible scheduling, among a range of other useful options.

In this article, we’ll discuss how to restore SQL Server databases using MSP360’s solution. For instructions on the backup process, please refer to our article “SQL Server Database Backup.”
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Bare Metal Restore
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Bare-Metal Recovery Guide

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Bare-Metal Recovery Guide

What Is Bare-Metal Recovery?

Bare-Metal Recovery (or Bare-Metal Restore, or BMR) is a backup recovery technique that allows you to recover data on a computer with no installed operating system - also called a bare-metal machine. To achieve this, you will need a system image of the computer that you would like to recover. This saves time while installing and configuring a new machine. Continue reading

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