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Explain Recovery Models (Simple, Full, Bulk-Logged).

Mid MS SQL
Quick Answer Simple: log is truncated at each checkpoint รขโ‚ฌโ€ no point-in-time recovery, just restore to last full or diff backup. Full: log is kept until backed up รขโ‚ฌโ€ allows point-in-time restore, required for AlwaysOn. Bulk-Logged: like Full but bulk operations are minimally logged รขโ‚ฌโ€ faster loads but can't do point-in-time around them.

Answer

Simple: Auto-truncates log; no PIT recovery.

Full: Requires log backups; supports PIT recovery.

Bulk-Logged: Minimally logs operations.

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