Comments on: Compression in SQL Server 2008 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/compress/ Tue, 21 May 2013 23:11:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: rechil http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/compress/#comment-98614 rechil Fri, 04 Nov 2011 06:58:38 +0000 #comment-98614 There r two ways to take compress bkups !
Server level, which is by default. If u simply enable it by the following script….
use master;
go
exec sp_configure ‘backup compression default’, ’1′;
reconfigure with override;

another is database level, which is non-default and create a backup by making use of the compression option in the backup. Go to Object explorer of SSMS & select database / DB > properties > tasks > backup > options> compression. That’s it !

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