Disaster Recovery Techniques And Technologies
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Learn the differences between Microsoft SQL Server high availability and disaster recovery technologies like clustering, database mirroring, log shipping, SAN replication and more.
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© 2008 Quest Software, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Don’t Wait for Disaster to Strike:Part 1: Techniques & Technology
To hear the audio for this presentation, please dial the phone conference number included in the meeting invitation. Audio will not come through your speakers.
Today’s Agenda• HA vs DR: What’s the Difference?• High Availability Options• Disaster Recovery Options• Backup Best Practices• Resources and Q&A
High Availability is for: Disaster Recovery is for:
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• Replication• Asynchronous Mirroring• Log Shipping• SAN Replication• Virtualization Replication
High Availability: Disaster Recovery:
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• Clustering• Synchronous Mirroring• Replication
HA: Clustering
HA: Synchronous Mirroring
Both HA, DR: Replication
DR: Asynchronous Mirroring
DR: Log Shipping
DR: SAN Replication
DR: Virtualization Replication
• Replication• Asynchronous Mirroring• Log Shipping• SAN Replication• Virtualization Replication
High Availability: Disaster Recovery:
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• Clustering• Synchronous Mirroring• Replication
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Backup Best Practices• Never back up directly to
local disk• Back up to file share• Back up to different SAN• Back flat files up to tape• Get the tapes offsite fast• If it’s really critical, mirror
the backups
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Avoid Agents• Lose schedule control• Can’t gauge success
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Do Fire Drills Ahead Of Time• Build a standalone
restore testbed• Document how
long a restore will take for managers
• Update it quarterly• Trust no one
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Resources• Visit our SQL Server technical resource blog
at: www.sqlserverpedia.com - feel free to send your SQL Server related technical questions to: [email protected]
• Visit our dedicated SQL Server community site at: http://sqlserver.quest.com
• Check out our “Backstage” area with all of our collateral and upcoming events including our ‘Pain of the Week’ webcasts:• www.quest.com/backstage • www.quest.com/backstage/pow.aspx
