CS 3540

Chapter 15 Reading Assignment
March 16th – in class

 

  1. What is difference between a hot backup and a cold backup?
  2. What is the most common reason for a required database recovery?
  3. What are the main factors in determining the number of generations of backup to retain?
  4. What is the difference between an image copy backup and a logical backup?
  5. What is meant by the term "recover to current"?
  6. What is a main factor determining the frequency with which a database should be backed up?
  7. What factors can shorten the duration of a recovery?
  8. What is the difference between disk mirroring and replication?
  9. What is the benefit of doing full image backups immediately following a reorganization?
  10. Which types of failures usually require recover to current?

 

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