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Docker and MySQL: A Technical Guide for Developers

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Docker and MySQL: A Technical Guide for Developers

tl;dr Docker revolutionizes database management by providing lightweight, reproducible environments for MySQL. This guide walks you through…

January 2022: Cloud Storage Sync & MySQL Binlog support

January 2022: Cloud Storage Sync & MySQL Binlog support

February 4, 2022

To kick off this year, we've been working on some great new features that we're excited to share!🤩 Shoutout to all of you who shared some…

How to automate AWS EC2 Snapshots
How to automate AWS EC2 Snapshots

How to automate AWS EC2 Snapshots

February 1, 2022

The following guide will help you, step by step, automate your AWS EC2 server snapshots & volume backups. Afterwards, you will be able to…

The Data You Didn't Know You Need to Keep Safe

The Data You Didn't Know You Need to Keep Safe

January 18, 2022

Many companies rely on cloud storage as their default backup solution. They've reverted to this backup mechanism because of the promises…

Let your agency customers own their backups

Let your agency customers own their backups

January 11, 2022

So far it was possible to share access to your team account by adding members to it. This works great when you need to provide access to…

November 2021 Release Notes

November 2021 Release Notes

November 30, 2021

And ... ENTER! Our November release (actually October & November) bundle! 🚀 NEW Bucket sync is now in beta Backup summary report…

 Unlimited Backup Notification Channels

Unlimited Backup Notification Channels

November 19, 2021

Our backup notification system started feeling a bit dusty and we really wanted to dive into it and bring it to another level 🚀 (yes…

Remote MySQL Database Backup/Dump

Remote MySQL Database Backup/Dump

November 9, 2023

Once a MySQL server is set up, the first task on any database administrator’s list is to prepare for backups. To execute backups, sysadmins…

Ransomware-Proofing Your Business With Immutable Cloud Backups

Ransomware-Proofing Your Business With Immutable Cloud Backups

November 4, 2021

Ransomware attacks are becoming more common and pose a severe threat to all businesses. One scary statistic states that a new organization…

8 Cloud Storage Providers for 2022

8 Cloud Storage Providers for 2022

November 4, 2021

We prepared an updated version of this article for 2023. Check it out! Cloud storage has become a more complicated area, with many providers…