Methods of backup SharePoint 2010

The planing of the backup and restoration is a critical point in any production environment. Even when the environment is not critical it´s really handy to be able to use a backup,it´s a matter of saving time and effort.

SharePoint 2010 gives us a great advantage with the interface, an easy way to run a backup or perform a restore, even though the scheduled option is not available yet (maybe some day ... ).

An easy way to get our goal is using the PowerShell.

The first question we need to answer is what we want and need to save. The "how" is what I´m discussing here, depending on the object;

SQL is strong and the maintenance plans are a great way to schedule and run backups. We´ll get consistence backups.

Other option not treated here is using a third backup solution. Nowadays some providers implement their backup solutions into SharePoint, as for example Data Protector 6.11, but let´s speak later on this subject.