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How to Analyze PostgreSQL Table Size
When your database becomes large, you'll want to dig further and see what tables is using space and identify if how to optimize this.\ This…
September 2022: Recipe, one-click DbaaS support, and xxxl databases!
October 7, 2022
Another busy month for the team at SimpleBackups! We’re proud to finally deliver our “Recipe Backup”, which will unleash an even broader…
How to Create an Incremental MySQL Backup
November 15, 2023
They say there are two types of people: those who back up their databases and those who need to. Simply put, if you want to protect your…
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
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
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!
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
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
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
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…