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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!
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
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
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
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
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!
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
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
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
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…