Explain the difference between a hot backup and a cold
backup and the benefits associated with each?
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Answer Posted / sandeep
Cold Backup - In this case, they take the database down
then they have backup. this is called cold backup.
Hot Backup - In this case, they take running database
backup (like SQL Server) this is called hot backup.
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