Data backup costs can be decreased and recovery-time objectives (RTOs) improved by leveraging space-efficient database snapshots and a general-purpose catalog, writes Wikibon CEO and Co-founder David ...

The software for Sun ZFS Storage Appliances cuts the number of steps needed to create clones and snapshots of data Oracle database users can now create snapshots and clones of the company’s databases ...

Snapshots don't take up much space and can be made quickly – unlike backups, which can take many hours as every bit of data must be transferred. Here are five use cases where snapshots can and should ...

Is your team responsible for developing scalable enterprise applications on Oracle, MySQL and other databases? Are you looking for efficient approaches to protect your data? Do you wish there was a ...

How snapshots — point-in-time copies of data — can improve data security. Teams responsible for developing scalable enterprise applications need efficient approaches to protecting data. Snapshots are ...

Legions of databases are being inadvertently exposed monthly, through a feature of an Amazon cloud-based data-backup service. The situation gives threat actors access to personally identifiable ...

Snapshots have lots of benefits. They allow a quick roll-back to a previous point in time and allow for much more frequent protection than backups, without affecting production systems. Meanwhile, ...

Oracle has added a new utility to its storage software portfolio that is designed to streamline and automate critical tasks for customers using Oracle Database with Oracle’s Sun ZFS Storage Appliance.