Welcome to this new series -- in this column, I hope to impart some quick, short tips that will help you make quick work of managing and administering your SQL Server databases. First up is an ...

This post is about how traditional database backup products work and how Zetta's new SQL server backup feature, which is part of our DataProtect solution, does the job in a distinctly different way.

We've had wicked good luck with Veritas. I dunno, but so far so good. I'm extremely happy with the results. God good do I hate ArcServe, all versions of it. ArcServe 2000 has a bug in it such that ...

I was looking a Red-Gate's SQL Backup program and was rather interested in the encryption options that the PRO version offered. It claims up to 256 bit encryption, but I was wondering how "secure" ...

As you can see, traditional database backup and Zetta's DataProtect service featuring ZettaMirror are really 2 totally different ways to do SQL server backup and recovery. If you're ready to try the ...