Re: How do you backup a live database?

From: Dr. Micheal Albert <albert_at_esther.rad.tju.edu>
Date: 1997/06/25
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970625212748.27624A-100000@esther.rad.tju.edu>#1/1

Even with mirroring you still may need cooperation from the database program. For example, the database might need to do two separate "write's" in order to complete a change from one state to another. If this mirror is split in between these writes the database would be left inconsistent.

On 20 Jun 1997, Pierre Girard 514-340-6959 wrote:

> aak2_at_Ra.MsState.Edu (Atif Ahmad Khan) writes:
> > What is the best one can do without going the pricey and somewhat complex
> > RAID route?
>
> For the backup i think you'll have to accept that it is out of date.
> For disk mirroring, if you can get another disk you could use the
> software available on the solstice disksuite CD do do that.
>
> Bye.
>
> --
> Pierre Girard, CRT/GERAD, Montreal (Quebec) Canada
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