Database Backups, Recovery, and Maintenance
Apress eBooks · 2006
You have seen a great deal in this chapter that is crucial to ensuring that your database is always secure if there are any unforeseen problems. As a manager drummed into me, the unexpected will always happen, but you must always be able to recover from it, no matter what. Therefore, regular backups that are known to work and even the occasional “disaster recovery test” should be done to ensure that you can restore when something unexpected happens. No matter what your managing director says, it is the data of a company that is its most important asset, not the people. Without the data, a company cannot function. If you cannot ensure that the data will be there, then the company is in a very dangerous position.