Checkpoint vs Log Backup

  • Checkpoint and log backup both have feature to "truncate the log".

    Checkpoint primarily handles by sql server internally but backup log doesnt.

    Checkpoint flushes the dirty pages to disk.

    ANy other differences ?

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  • I think the main difference is that a log backup actually does a backup?

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  • I think the question would be more appropriately phrased 'any other similarities?', because other than that they can truncate the log (checkpoint in simple, log backup in other recovery models) there are no similarities between the two.

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