On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 13:57, Branko Èibej wrote:
> kfogel@collab.net wrote:
>
> >Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU> writes:
> >
> >
> >>Well, that's a good argument for having a backup script based on dump
> >>files. (I don't think it has to be a huge project, contrary to what
> >>Branko said.) But such a thing doesn't qualify as a "hot" backup, so we
> >>shouldn't consider it as a replacement for svnadmin hotcopy.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >How is it not hot? I thought "hot" just meant that the backup is
> >performed while the repository is live, and does not affect the
> >repository's availability for normal use. Dumpfile generation meets
> >these criteria.
> >
> >
> Yes, it does. It's not the most /efficient/ kind of hot backup, but it
> does meet the criteria.
Hmm, I was under the impression that with svnadmin dump you weren't guaranteed a
valid backup if there was perchance a write in progess (so you had to pull down
httpd/svnserve). I always wondered about that, it being transactional and all.
Was that ever the case, or was it just my imagination?
Matt
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