Recently, I had a chance to test the community edition of Zmanda Recovery Manager for MySQL. I was partly testing to make sure it worked with MariaDB, Monty Program's drop-in replacement for MySQL, ...

Cloud data backup specialist Eon exited stealth mode today, saying the time is right for it to reveal its plans to disrupt the data protection market. It’s extremely confident in its ability to do ...

In general, full image copy backups are recommended for database objects where 30%–40% or more of the data blocks are modified between backups. The DBA makes this determination based not just on data ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Eon, a leader in automating and activating cloud database backups, today announced a new integration with Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft OneLake, enabling ...

In previous articles, we have looked at an introduction to cloud databases in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), as well as various concepts and tools for managing OCI’s Database as a Service (DBAAS).

The design of a database determines what method is best suited for backing it up, and those methods vary quite a bit. In order to back up a database, you need to know how it’s delivered, but you also ...

Elaborate backups might seem like a good idea at first, but they add unnecessary complexity to your recovery process. Here are some things to keep in mind to make ...

For the Galera cluster to perform well, we need to watch several factors, including CPU, memory, and disk I/O. It’s unwise to make backups during a busy day since physical backups can overload nodes, ...

For our 6 month milestone at The Conversation we wanted to do something a little bit special. The nostalgia of these occasions usually calls for some kind of imagery to jog the memory (and jerk the ...