SQL Server Backup Compression Shootout

The market for SQL Server backup compression tools has become crowded over the past few years, ever since Quest Software’s LiteSpeed for SQL Server appeared. Prior to the availability of compression tools such as LiteSpeed, many DBAs were using methods such as ZIP compression on their SQL Server backup files.

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