Reliability
What happens to the database when …
- The power goes out
- Someone spills coffee into the disk drives
- The computer crashes with all the changes to the DB for the last three hours in its (volatile) RAM
- A new employee accidentally deletes the payroll file before printing the pay checks?
- A virus cleans off the corporate disks
- A hacker infiltrates the enterprise and begins transferring funds to a Swiss bank account
- A disgruntled employee deletes the retirement plans and stock option accounts for senior management
- ...
These problems could happened to you, too