Journaling
From Business Continuity Management (BCM) and Disaster Recovery (DR) Wiki Glossary
| 1. Journaling is a word used during database management. It is the simultaneous (real time) logging of all data-file updates. This log provides an audit trail and is used to reconstruct the database
if the original file is damaged or destroyed. Related Terms: Remote Journaling.
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(Source: Business Continuity Management Institute - BCM Institute) |
2. The process of logging changes or updates to a database since the last full backup. Journals can be used to recover previous versions of a file before updates were made, or to facilitate disaster recovery, if performed remotely, by applying changes to the last safe backup. SIMILAR TERMS: File Shadowing, Data Replication, Disk Mirroring
(Source: Disaster Recovery Institute International / Disaster Recovery Journal - DRII/DRJ)
