News, tips, guides and tools by the creators of SimpleBackups web

November 19, 2021
Be notified on Slack, Discord, Email, Pushover, or even via webhook for the backups you need. A flexible solution, to bring backup notifications to the right team at the right time.

November 5, 2021
Explanation of SSH Tunneling, what it is, how to use it, how to connect to mysql via ssh tunnel, and back up and restore MySQL databases using an SSH Tunnel with examples.

November 4, 2021
Your organization is protected against data corruption, accidental deletions, malicious malware attacks, and ransomware with immutable backups and Air-Gap technology. You can rest assured knowing that your data is safe and sound on an air-gapped server in case of any of these unfortunate events.

November 4, 2021
Eight cloud storage providers compared on price and features for 2022, with how cloud storage works and what to weigh when picking where backups live.

November 1, 2021
How we built an Intercom app that writes support conversations into a Notion database, why we wanted one place for every request, and the code behind it.

October 20, 2021
Some strategies to save and reduce backup storage cost, using incremental backups, cold storage like S3 Glacier, what Amazon S3 Glacier is and how to use it

October 19, 2021
Cloudflare's announcement of R2 storage. What is R2, using R2 vs S3, and how backup storage can be less expensive and more redundant with Cloudflare R2

October 13, 2021
SimpleBackups.io is now SimpleBackups.com. Why we moved, and where four years of database, file and snapshot backup work has taken the product since.

October 6, 2021
So you already have your backup and decided to restore this on your MongoDB Atlas database? In this article, we will tackle how to restore a MongoDB Atlas Collection using MongoDB Compass.