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-Although this service has been designed with reliability in mind, the SIPB MySQL service should not be used to host critical applications that cannot tolerate downtime.
-We perform no query logging, schema or data backups, or any other backups otherwise generally available. You are solely responsible for performing backups of your data.
-We maintain general usage statistics of this service by the MIT community at large.
+This service has been designed with reliability in mind; we utilize RAID, live server mirroring and periodic offline backups to ensure data reliability.
+However, the SIPB MySQL service should not be used to host critical applications that cannot tolerate downtime.
+One nightly backup is available for your locker at <code>/mit/sql/backup/LOCKER_NAME</code>. You should perform additional backups of your data using the <a href="http://scripts.mit.edu/cron">shortjobs service</a> or <a href="http://scripts.mit.edu/faq/10/how-can-i-back-up-or-restore-my-sql-data">phpMyAdmin</a>.
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