People running around, someone screaming in disbelief, people gathering at one computer… if you see these scenes inside a company’s IT department, then you’re likely witnessing the reaction to an unexpected data loss from the server. As any website administrator will say “you don’t want to be a part of that!” That’s why taking regular MySQL backups is the simplest, yet the most effective way you can save yourself from being part of a similar scene of chaos. This article will guide you on how to take backups in Linux as well as in Windows aka the MySQL backup database process. Let’s get going!