Chapter 7. Database Backup and Recovery

Now that we have created a major part of the database in the previous chapters, and before moving on to inserting and manipulating the data, this is a good point to take a moment to back up the database, just so that if things go wrong, it is possible to recover back to a stable point.

What is abundantly clear when working with any sort of system where data is held is that there must be a comprehensible and workable backup and recovery strategy in place for when things go wrong. The recovery may also be required to cater to problems ranging from a hardware failure to an act of God. In any of these instances, we may move to an offsite location, which is a building a safe distance away from our current building ...

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