CHAPTER 6

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Backup-Related Wait Types

Backups are a very important part of database administration, and in many cases they are essential for the survival of the company you work for. Data has become so important for businesses that if some disaster causes data to be lost, companies can lose large amounts of money, or even go out of business.

There are many methods we can implement on all levels of your IT infrastructure to make sure no data is lost (or as little as possible) during a disaster. We could implement a SAN to make sure our data is not stored on a local disk drive on your server. Or we could design SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups ...

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