On 05.12.2010, at 16:55, Jason Smith wrote: > On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 5:17 AM, Wordit Ltd <[email protected]> wrote: >> Is there a way to do backups on Couchone and other hosting services? >> >> I realise I could replicate to another couch, but that means running >> couchdb on my own server as well...which partially defeats the object >> of using a hosting service. > > I posted this question in Get Satisfaction: > http://getsatisfaction.com/couchone/topics/full_data_dumps_for_backup_or_migration > > I'm happy have a CouchOne discussion there; however I'll share some of > my thoughts about a backup. > > Firstly, as a very simple stopgap you can query > _all_docs?include_docs=true and at least you have the basic dump of > your database. Put that in cron and IMO that is good bang for the buck > in early stages when you have too many irons in the fire. > > But a full couch backup facility would want to address at least these things: > > 1. Loop through _all_dbs and back up each database > 2. Back up the _security objects in the databases > 3. Back up the /_config object > 4. Back up the log file > 5. If storage is cheap, back up the .view indexes to reduce restore time >
Maybe you also need to dump documents which are involved in conflicts. > -- > Jason Smith > CouchOne Hosting
