Combining SQL Server and file system backups

SQL Backup's command-line interface, SQLBACKUPC.exe, enables integration with batch commands that can be scheduled using the Windows scheduler service. Although SQL Server database backups normally use the SQL Server agent to schedule backup jobs, SQL Backup streamlines the tape backup processes to prevent information loss. It also makes restore procedures more straightforward, by segregating SQL database backups from other files, so they can be more easily identified.

A comparison of conventional compression and SQL Backup compression

This article goes through the steps involved in compressing a database after creating a native backup, and shows how the same result is achieved with SQL Backup. SQL Backup shortens the process, by compressing the backup while the file is being created.

Using SQL Backup log shipping to maintain a standby server

This article provides an overview of log shipping, when to use it, and how Red Gate's SQL Backup simplifies the process. Some more detailed technical information about setting up log shipping using SQL Backup is then provided.

Log shipping using SQL Backup

This article explains how to perform log shipping, using SQL Backup, without setting up a linked server or writing even a single line of T-SQL script.

Using SQL Backup to back up to a network share

This article describes how you use SQL Backup when you want to keep your backup files on a network share.

Optimizing the speed of SQL Backup

This short article explains the operations making up the backup process, and steps through a short example.