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Major Release: Multi Storage and Multi Schedule Backups!

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Major Release: Multi Storage and Multi Schedule Backups!

We've had an action-packed few weeks here at SimpleBackups! We've been hard at work delivering a plethora of improvements , introducing…

How to Create a Storage Replication With SimpleBackups
How to Create a Storage Replication With SimpleBackups

How to Create a Storage Replication With SimpleBackups

December 12, 2023

Where do you store your important files, documents, media, and the like? Nowadays, you could use cloud storage for this. Maybe you’re using…

Replicating your Storage (S3, Dropbox, Wasabi...) with SimpleBackups

Replicating your Storage (S3, Dropbox, Wasabi...) with SimpleBackups

December 12, 2023

Why Storage Backup Matters While these cloud storage solutions are generally secure and come with built-in replication and backup features…

How to fix MySQL lost connection

How to fix MySQL lost connection

November 9, 2023

When running a long or complex query on MySQL you might encounter the error below: This error is often faced when running mysqldump on a…

August 2022: Redis, SFTP, and shiny things!

August 2022: Redis, SFTP, and shiny things!

September 5, 2022

We’ve re-designed our forms to be even easier SimpleBackups grew a lot in the past year and many features have been added to our user…

How to create, grant and show user permissions in MySQL

How to create, grant and show user permissions in MySQL

November 9, 2023

Discover how to effectively manage user permissions in MySQL with our step-by-step guide. Learn to create, grant, and display MySQL…

How to show a list of all MYSQL databases

How to show a list of all MYSQL databases

November 9, 2023

In this post, I will show you how to list all databases on MySQL or MariaDB. There are multiple cases where these commands will come in…

Why You Should Trust Your Backups Without a 2nd Thought

Why You Should Trust Your Backups Without a 2nd Thought

August 26, 2022

If you’re a business owner or a developer, there’s a good chance that you’ve heard the advice to trust your backups without a second thought…

How to Encrypt Your Backups Using SimpleBackups

How to Encrypt Your Backups Using SimpleBackups

August 25, 2022

Backups have always been essential to every security and disaster recovery strategy. However, due to the ever-increasing risks of data loss…

The Complete Redis Backup Guide (with examples)

The Complete Redis Backup Guide (with examples)

August 9, 2022

In this article, we’ll see how you a real case example of a Redis backup process, end-to-end. We'll cover how to configure a Redis backup…