On 2 Sep 2005 at 14:16, Philipp Steinkrueger wrote: > Dan Langille wrote: > > >On 2 Sep 2005 at 12:39, Philipp Steinkrueger wrote: > > > > > > > >>if i want to backup a server running a mysql-db and i just backup > >>all the mysql-db-files, do i risk to save a corrupted version? i read > >>in the manual about the VSS problematic and save state in RDBMS > >>on windows, but in my case, the mysql db runs on linux. > >> > >>i dont want to dump the mysql-dbs before the backup, because this would > >>take days... > >> > >> > > > >How large is your database? > > > > > > > well, actually its more than one database. its a lamp system running > dozens of databases. > dumping them all would really eat up a lot of time...
How much time? I ask because it sounds like you are assuming and have not actually tried it. My usual stance is: What is more important to you? a fast backup or a reliable backup? -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - http://www.bsdcan.org/ ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
