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Introducing SimpleRestore: Our Solution to Simplify MySQL Database Restoration

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Introducing SimpleRestore: Our Solution to Simplify MySQL Database Restoration

Let's get real, fellow developers. We've all been there – those moments when you have to restore a database on some IaaS platform, and it…

September 2022: Recipe, one-click DbaaS support, and xxxl databases!

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 with SimpleBackups
How to Create an Incremental MySQL Backup with SimpleBackups

How to Create an Incremental MySQL Backup with SimpleBackups

September 22, 2022

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
How to Create a Storage Replication With SimpleBackups

How to Create a Storage Replication With SimpleBackups

September 22, 2022

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

How to replicate your Storage (s3, Dropbox, ...) with SimpleBackups

How to replicate your Storage (s3, Dropbox, ...) with SimpleBackups

September 19, 2022

Backup your storage (S3, Dropbox, Azure...) Where do you store your application files, documents, media, logs files, events, and the like…

How to fix MySQL lost connection

How to fix MySQL lost connection

September 13, 2022

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 and grant permissions to a MySQL user

How to create and grant permissions to a MySQL user

August 31, 2022

In this tutorial, we'll describe the common tasks you'll have to deal with when managing access to a MySQL database. Access MySQL command…

How to show all MYSQL databases

How to show all MYSQL databases

August 30, 2022

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