Apps and Software
The Database Conversation Nobody Wants to Have
Where does your data live? How is it backed up? Who can access it? If your answer is 'Dave knows' we need to talk.
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Your business runs on data. If you do not know where it lives, how it is backed up, or who can access it, we need to have this conversation. Sorry in advance...
Nobody wants to talk about databases. I get it. It is like talking about plumbing.
It is boring, it is invisible, and you only care about it when something goes catastrophically wrong. But here is the thing. When a database goes wrong, it does not drip.
It floods. Customer data gone. Orders lost.
Years of records vanished. And the recovery conversation starts with 'When was the last backup?' and usually ends with silence.
Three questions you should be able to answer right now. One: where does your data physically live? If the answer is 'I do not know' or 'Dave knows,' that is a problem.
Two: how often is it backed up? Daily? Weekly?
Never? 'I assume it is automatic' is not an answer. Three: who can access it?
If the answer is everyone, congratulations, you have a compliance nightmare. We work with MySQL and MongoDB. Two different database technologies for two different types of data.
The short version is that MySQL is like a perfectly organised spreadsheet and MongoDB is like a perfectly organised filing cabinet. Different structures for different jobs. We set up automated backups, access controls, encryption, and monitoring.
The boring stuff that keeps your business alive while you are busy doing the interesting stuff. If you could not answer those three questions, do not panic. But do call someone.
Preferably us. Link below.
