OK so what if you cluster and use the filesystem journal.  Can that be
backed up safely if one or both servers in the cluster are up?

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> Files of the FileDataStore can be backed up at any time, because the
> files are never modified. You should make sure not to backup the temp
> files however.
>
> BundleFsPersistenceManager: the files are not be locked, but again the
> problem is atomicy. Backing up files while they are modified is
> problematic. I suggest to backup the files only if the repository is
> not running.
>
> BundleDbPersistenceManager: many databases support online backup, so
> if you use that you should be safe.
>
> You also need to backup the repository directory, but this doesn't
> change usually. However, I am not 100% sure about when it changes.
>
> Regards,
> Thomas
>

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