---
title: "DB24 | Docs - Version 2025.5"
url: https://db24.ai/docs/version-2025-5
description: "DB24 v2025.5 Backup PowerTake release. New dynamic backup engine, striped backups, enhanced notifications, and stability improvements."
lang: en
---

# Version 2025.5

Last updated: March 4, 2026 •

release-notes

backup

v2025.5

powertake

## DB24 Release Notes - Version 2025.5

_Release Date: October 27, 2025_

The DB24 2025.5 release is the **Backup PowerTake** — a focused update that transforms how backups are configured, executed, and monitored across the DB24 ecosystem.

This version introduces a completely re-engineered backup implementation designed for greater flexibility, automation, and insight. It gives DBAs deeper control while making it easier than ever for teams to ensure their data is consistently and efficiently protected.

**Key updates:**

- **New dynamic backup engine** with granular settings and improved automation
- **Support for striped backups** for faster and more scalable performance
- **Enhanced backup path management and deviation detection in the Portal**
- **New weekly system health reports and refined notifications**
- **Numerous runtime and portal stability improvements**

## 🌟 Spotlight: Dynamic Backup Implementation

The new backup engine in DB24 redefines how backups are configured and executed. It introduces a modular design that combines power with simplicity — whether you're a seasoned DBA or managing SQL Server backups for the first time.

- **Flexible toggles** for compression, verification, and auto full backups
- **Customizable backup schedules** for full, differential, and log backups
- **Threshold-based striped backups** for large databases (2, 4, or 6 files based on size)
- **Retention policies** in hours, ensuring backup chains stay intact
- **Smart cleanup** that only occurs after successful backups
- **New UI sidebar** for easy per-instance configuration in the Portal

## ➡️ New Features

### **Backup to Striped Files**

DB24 now supports striped backups to improve performance for large databases.

- Automatically splits backups into multiple files depending on size
- Default thresholds: >80 GB → 2 files, >800 GB → 4 files, >4000 GB → 6 files

### **Datastore – Collect Log Backups**

The Datastore now captures log backup information, enhancing visibility across backup history.

### **Runtime – Schedule Maintenance Jobs by Weekdays**

Maintenance jobs can now be scheduled by weekday, providing more flexible planning.

### **Portal – Backup Path & Deviation Monitoring**

- Backup Matrix now shows the effective default path for each instance
- New Backup Deviations view highlights anomalies in size or configuration

### **Portal – Extended Vendor Backup Information**

Additional metadata is now visible for vendor backups.

### **Datastore – Weekly Notifications**

A brand-new weekly summary email provides a consolidated overview of your DB24 environment.

### **Datastore – Suppress Empty Daily Briefs**<br>

You can now disable Daily Brief emails when no issues are found.

## 🐞 Bug Fixes

- **Runtime – Nightly Backups on System Databases**: Resolved an issue where system databases were skipped during nightly full backups
- **Runtime – Missing Failed Jobs**: Extended the log lookup window from 12 to 48 hours
- **Runtime – Version-Aware Index Collection**: Now supports SQL Server versions prior to 2014
- **Runtime – Size Protection Volume Check**: Fixed logic that previously checked all database volumes instead of the correct one

Previous Version 2026.1: https://db24.ai/docs/version-2026-1
Next Version 2025.4: https://db24.ai/docs/version-2025-4

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