In a database management system (DBMS), role-based access controls (RBAC), is a restriction on database resources based on a set of pre-defined groups of privileges and has become one of the main methods for advanced...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had its fair share of influence on world media but of interest is the sheer amount of cyber attacks that have escalated since it began. Interestingly enough, is news of a...

Hybrid cloud databases are gaining adoption as a strategy for architectural resilience, agility by leveraging cloud resources but without necessarily being locked into one vendor’s cloud infrastructure. But how do you handle database backups in...

Backup is the process of creating and storing copies of data that can be used to protect organizations against data loss. Chamilo LMS relies on MySQL or MariaDB as a database, so it is important...

Previously, we had blogged about backing up your Moodle MySQL Database. This time, it's all about backing up your Moodle MariaDB Database. In fact, it shares the same approach when backing up your Moodle MySQL...

Open edX is an open source project for online learning developed by the MIT and Harvard team. It is a web based application with a lot of components such as student facing, course authoring, course...

Data is an essential part of running a Moodle environment. Should the IT operations team lose data accidentally, then it could lead to a huge loss. So, to protect valuable information, sysadmins need to back...

Percona has made a lot of great contributions in the open source world. One of the most downloaded software is their backup software for MySQL and for MongoDB. These softwares play a vital role for...

Having a good Disaster Recovery Plan is a must in all companies to prevent data loss or reduce downtime in case of failure. For this, backups are a basic point here, and it is essential...

Backups are a basic point in all Disaster Recovery Plans, but only having a backup is not enough to guarantee correct data recovery. You must need to make sure that the backup is usable, and...

In my previous post I explained how to take a logical backup using the mysql shell utilities. In this post, we shall compare the speed of the backup and restoration process. MySQL Shell Speed Test ...

Daniel Keys Moran says “You can have data without information, but you cannot have information without data”. Data is the key asset in every organization, if you lose the data then you lose information. This,...