Organizations leverage the Simple recovery model if the data backed up is not critical, data is static or does not change often, or if loss is not a concern for the organization. In this situation, ...

When a database under SQL Server is in recovering state, is the time it takes for that affected by the log file significantly affected by the log model? Some context: I've got a database that I'm ...

Ok, I know that I'll need to set up Transaction Log backups, but I have two questions on this process: Background: Database is a VMware VM on a SAN, and the MDF is about 15GB. Recovery model is set to ...

In an earlier blog entry, I talked about “Deprecated” code and I highlighted the fact that the BACKUP LOG WITH NO_LOG and BACKUP LOG WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY statements are no longer allowed in SQL Server ...

SQL Server’s new Accelerated Data Recovery feature makes database recovery a snap. How does it work? Databases are wonderful things, until they go wrong. Then you’re left waiting for a recovery to ...

Over the years, servers have suffered terribly from malicious attacks that users had to take precautions now and then. Because of that, internet users need to determine how to repair a database in an ...