Selecting a Quality SQL Backup Program

Small companies are notorious for not taking care of their data, and it comes as a complete surprise to them when they walk into their office one day, only to find that they are out of business. When your entire billing system, client information, and employee database is sitting on an SQL server, if you don't have an SQL backup in place, you will basically lose everything you have, and there are few companies that can overcome that kind of loss.

When you go shopping for a backup program, there are two basics that you need to make sure you have. First of all, it has to be easy enough for you (or someone else in your company) to use it. It shouldn't require the services of a consultant or the company's Mensa member in order to load it up and get it working.

Secondly, you should be able to recover your data in a matter of minutes without any hassle. There are some programs that allow you to make incremental backups, so that if your backup is corrupted, there will still be some untouched data there for you to pull from. You should also be looking for a program that can run on its own, according to a schedule that you set. By doing this, you will never have to worry about your backup again, knowing that it will be there when you need it.