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? > so, do i risk corrupted mysql-dbs or do i just risk to miss a query ? I *always* suggest dumping the database and going from there. If this isn't an option, I suggest following up on the MySQL project with suggestions. -- 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
