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Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2000 Unleashed, Second Edition
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Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2000 Unleashed, Second Edition

by Ray Rankins, Paul Bertucci, Paul Jensen
December 2002
Intermediate to advanced
1560 pages
40h 44m
English
Sams
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Additional Backup Considerations

There are three additional backup considerations.

Frequency of Backups

How often you back up your databases will depend on many factors. These will include:

  • The size of your databases, and your backup window

  • The frequency of changes to the data, and the method by which it is changed

  • The acceptable amount of data loss in the event of a failure

  • The acceptable recovery time in the event of a failure

First you must establish what your backup window will be. The backup window is the time allocated to you to complete the task of backing up the database. As SQL Server allows dynamic backups, users can still access the database during backup; however, it will impact performance. This means you still must schedule backups ...

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