Database backup refers to the process of creating and storing copies of a database in order to protect it from data loss or corruption.
Why do you need to Backup your Database?
It is important for several reasons:
Data Protection: Database backup ensures that valuable data is protected and can be restored in case of accidental deletion, hardware failure, or other disasters.
Business Continuity: Having database backups allows businesses to recover quickly from data loss incidents and minimize downtime, ensuring uninterrupted operations.
Compliance Requirements: Many industries and regulatory bodies have specific data retention and backup requirements that organizations must adhere to. Database backup helps meet these compliance standards.
Version Control: Database backups provide the ability to revert to previous versions of the database, which can be useful for troubleshooting, testing, or undoing unintended changes.
Disaster Recovery: In the event of a major catastrophe, such as a fire or natural disaster, database backups are essential for rebuilding the infrastructure and recovering critical data.
By regularly performing database backups and storing them securely, organizations can safeguard their data and ensure the integrity and availability of their databases.
TidyBackups allows for automation of deletion of Microsoft SQL backup files based on file type (.bak) creation age as well as compression using standard ZIP technology.
A PHP command line application to dump databases into your source code. This can be very useful if you need to version control your database along with the source code.
This tool is written by PHP. If your website is also written by PHP, then using this tool does not require additional environment requirements. (The version requirements are described in Compatibility section below)
This tool supports both physical and logical backups. Due physical backup just is file copy, so the backup method supported all databases.
However the logical backup only supports MySQL (and MariaDB), in the future will support more databases.
This tool also supports both local and remote storage. The support storage way is detailed below.
This open-source free tool helps you to back up your WordPress site, restore to any web location, send your backups to Dropbox, Amazon S3, Azure, FTP, SFTP and many others with XCloner backup plugin.
XCloner is a Backup and Restore plugin that is perfectly integrated with WordPress.
XCloner design was specifically created to Generate custom backups of any LAMP website through custom admin inputs, and to be able to Restore the clone on any other location with the help of the automatic Restore script we provide!
XCloner Backup tool uses Open Source standards like TAR, Mysql and CSV formats so you can rest assured your backups can be restored in a variety of ways, giving you more flexibility and full control.
Create compressed and uncompressed backups using TAR open source format
Create encrypted backups archives with AES-128-CBC algorithm
Create automated backups from your Scheduled Backups Section
Received email notifications of created backups
Generate automatic backups based on cron jobs, it can run daily, weekly, monthly or even hourly
Restore your backups on any other location, XCloner will attempt to extract the backup archive files for you, as well as import the mysql dump and update the WordPress config details
Upload your backups to Remote Storage locations supporting FTP, SFTP, Dropbox, AWS, Azure Blob and many more to come
Watch every step of XCloner through it's built in debugger
Although we have optimized XCloner to run properly on most hosts, we give Developers options to customize its running speed and avoid backup timeouts, all from the XCloner Config-> System Options
Ability to split backups into multiple smaller parts if a certain size limit is reached
This script takes the MySQL or MariaDB database backups of multiple Laravel apps as SQL files. Define the project root and depth in .env file and run the script as a cron job.
It's a DB dump tool which will create a backup from source database, then will zip the backup file and upload it to GCS or AWS bucket, finally will restore the data to destination server.
Data export and import are undoubtedly the essentials of database management. Whether it's for regular backups, restoring data in case of emergencies, smooth database migration to new environments, or specific cases like transferring data from a CRM system to a MySQL database, the ability to efficiently convert XML
What is a Flat File Database?
Flat-file databases, well, they're a kind of database that keep data in a plain text file, right? Every line of that text file holds a record, with fields split by delimiters, like commas or tabs.
Some of them don't have
What is Redis?
Redis is an open-source, in-memory data structure store that can be used as a database, cache, and message broker. It provides high performance, scalability, and flexibility, making it an ideal choice for many applications.
Redis offers high performance with low latency and high throughput, in-memory storage for
FastoNoSQL is a powerful cross-platform management tool for Redis, Memcached, SSDB, LevelDB, RocksDB, UnQLite, LMDB, UpscaleDB, ForestDB, and Pika. It also serves as a versatile platform for various NoSQL databases, allowing you to easily integrate your own implementations.
Pros
* Cross-Platform Support: FastoNoSQL can be run on multiple operating systems, including
An SQL Viewer is a valuable tool for various professionals and students involved in working with databases, offering a convenient and efficient way to interact with and analyze data using SQL queries.
sqlite-gui is a lightweight and user-friendly SQLite editor designed specifically for Windows operating system. It is developed using the powerful combination of C++, mingw64, and WinAPI technologies, ensuring its efficiency and reliability.
Despite its small and simple size, sqlite-gui boasts a wide range of powerful features that enhance your experience
Antares is an SQL client that aims to be a useful tool for developers, supporting multiple databases and operating systems. Although still in development, it currently supports MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite, and Firebird SQL, with plans for future updates and additional features.
Features
* Multiple database connections at same time.
* Database
What is Skytable? Skytable is a cutting-edge NoSQL database that places a strong emphasis on delivering exceptional performance, unmatched flexibility, and unparalleled scalability. With its unique architecture, Skytable is a primarily in-memory, wide-column based database that goes beyond traditional data models*, offering support for additional data models to cater to
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MySQL databases are organized collections of
DataCleaner is a data quality analysis application and a solution platform for DQ solutions. It's core is a strong data profiling engine, which is extensible and thereby adds data cleansing, transformations, enrichment, deduplication, matching and merging.
Features
* Profiles and analyzes your database within minutes!
* Access almost any datastore
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