SQL Server Data Protection & Performance Tuning: Lessons from the CrowdStrike Outage
Learn how SQL Server DBAs can strengthen data protection, improve performance, minimize downtime, and maintain business continuity using lessons from the CrowdStrike outage. Major technology disruptions demonstrate how quickly system availability and business operations can be affected. In this session, SQL Server expert Pinal Dave uses the CrowdStrike outage as a case study to explore practical strategies for database performance tuning, proactive monitoring, backup and recovery, and outage preparedness. You’ll learn how regular SQL Server monitoring, proactive maintenance, and comprehensive backup strategies can help database teams identify issues earlier, recover more efficiently, and keep critical systems operating during unexpected disruptions. Topics covered include: SQL Server data protection and backup best practices Performance tuning strategies for improving system reliability Lessons DBAs can learn from the CrowdStrike outage How to minimize SQL Server downtime How proactive monitoring supports system availability The importance of regular database maintenance How backup and recovery planning supports business continuity Practical ways to prepare SQL Server environments for unexpected outages How monitoring, tuning, and backup strategies work together Steps DBAs can take to improve operational resilience This video is ideal for SQL Server DBAs, database administrators, IT managers, infrastructure teams, backup administrators, and anyone responsible for SQL Server performance, availability, recovery, or business continuity. Watch this session to learn practical ways to protect SQL Server data, improve performance, reduce outage risk, and keep essential database systems running smoothly. Learn more about SQL Safe Backup: https://www.idera.com/products/sql-safe-backup/ Start a free trial of SQL Safe Backup: https://www.idera.com/products/sql-safe-backup/free-trial/ Watch an overview of SQL Safe Backup: https://www.idera.com/resource-center/videos/sql-safe-overview/ Learn how to back up and instantly restore SQL Server databases: https://www.idera.com/resource-center/videos/sql-server-backup-instant-restore/ Learn more about SQL Diagnostic Manager: https://www.idera.com/products/sql-diagnostic-manager/ Explore SQL Server performance monitoring: https://www.idera.com/products/sql-diagnostic-manager/use-case/sql-server-performance-monitoring/ Visit the IDERA Resource Center: https://www.idera.com/resource-center/ Explore IDERA SQL Server tools: https://www.idera.com/ #SQLServer #DataProtection #SQLSafeBackup #SQLServerBackup #DisasterRecovery #PerformanceTuning #BusinessContinuity #DatabaseAdministration #PinalDave #IDERA