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  2. System image - Wikipedia

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    A process image is a copy of a given process's state at a given point in time. It is often used to create persistence within an otherwise volatile system. A common example is a database management system (DBMS). Most DBMS can store the state of its database or databases to a file before being closed down (see database dump). The DBMS can then ...

  3. Glossary of backup terms - Wikipedia

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    For example, backing up a single database to 4 tape drives at once. Normal backup. full backup used by Windows Server 2003. Near store. provisionally backing up data to a local staging backup device, possibly for later archival backup to a remote store device. Open file backup. the ability to back up a file while it is in use by another ...

  4. Backup - Wikipedia

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    A backup strategy requires an information repository, "a secondary storage space for data" [7] that aggregates backups of data "sources". The repository could be as simple as a list of all backup media (DVDs, etc.) and the dates produced, or could include a computerized index, catalog, or relational database.

  5. Data architecture - Wikipedia

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    The technology plan is focused on the actual tangible elements to be used in the implementation of the data architecture design. Physical data architecture encompasses database architecture. Database architecture is a schema of the actual database technology that would support the designed data architecture.

  6. Backup rotation scheme - Wikipedia

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    Grandfather-father-son backup (GFS) is a common rotation scheme for backup media, [1] in which there are three or more backup cycles, such as daily, weekly and monthly. The daily backups are rotated on a 3-months basis using a FIFO system as above. The weekly backups are similarly rotated on a bi-yearly basis, and the monthly backup on a yearly ...

  7. Outline of databases - Wikipedia

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    The name is commonly used when creating a query to the database. The Database Source Name (DSN) does not have to be the same as the filename for the database. For example, a database file named "friends.mdb" could be set up with a DSN of "school". Then DSN "school" would then be used to refer to the database when performing a query.

  8. Database design - Wikipedia

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    Database design is the organization of data according to a database model. The designer determines what data must be stored and how the data elements interrelate. With this information, they can begin to fit the data to the database model. [1] A database management system manages the data accordingly.

  9. Data consistency - Wikipedia

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    A backup process which properly accounts for data consistency ensures that the backup is a snapshot of how the entire database looked at a single moment. In the given Wikipedia example, it would ensure that the backup was written without the added article at the 75% mark, so that the article data would be consistent with the index data ...