CS 3540 Chapter 15 Reading Assignment
Due March 21st - in class

 

  1. What is difference between a hot backup and a cold backup?
  2. How does the system catalog figure into backup and recovery plans ?
  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 most common reason for a required database recovery?
  10. Which type of failures usually require recover to current?

 

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