For shops with customized backup routines, being able to plug LiteSpeed into the equation will ease the implementation headache — no need to spend time testing changes to scripts.

SQL Server 2008 provides a feature, which, in my opinion, has been far overdue: backup compression. For too long, if you wanted the benefit of compressed backups, you had to look at a third-party ...

“SQL Object Level Recovery Native is a simple tool that strengthens backup options throughout the enterprise,” says Colin Millerchip, Red Gate’s product manager for backup products.

You can configure your script or application to perform backups automatically on a schedule, and should always make a backup before major changes to your site.

Is there a way to use a SQL 2005 Maintenance Plan to do a scheduled back up of the databases to a network share? The only way I can seem to make it work is to backup to the local C drive, and I'm ...