From dev-return-6842-apmail-couchdb-dev-archive=couchdb.apache.org@couchdb.apache.org Wed Oct 14 13:45:02 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 77445 invoked from network); 14 Oct 2009 13:45:02 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 14 Oct 2009 13:45:02 -0000 Received: (qmail 87157 invoked by uid 500); 14 Oct 2009 13:45:01 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 87091 invoked by uid 500); 14 Oct 2009 13:45:01 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@couchdb.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 87079 invoked by uid 99); 14 Oct 2009 13:45:01 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:45:01 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [83.97.50.139] (HELO jan.prima.de) (83.97.50.139) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:44:59 +0000 Received: from [10.0.1.3] (i59F4D2EF.versanet.de [::ffff:89.244.210.239]) (AUTH: LOGIN jan, TLS: TLSv1/SSLv3,128bits,AES128-SHA) by jan.prima.de with esmtp; Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:44:37 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1076) Subject: Re: CouchDB dump/load scripts From: Jan Lehnardt In-Reply-To: <20091014132652.GB17532@orbital> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:44:35 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: References: <20091014132652.GB17532@orbital> To: dev@couchdb.apache.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1076) On 14 Oct 2009, at 15:26, Sam Bisbee wrote: > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 01:11:08PM +0200, Jan Lehnardt wrote: >> Official dump and load scripts are still useful though, but maybe >> not in >> very high demand. > > I think the demand is actually higher than that - you're assuming > that people > want to use the built in option. I can easily see people wanting to do > regularly scheduled dumps to local or remote non-couchdb. Do a back > up to tape, > cd, back up machine that only runs ssh [or whatever], just to dump > the dump in > an archive on the local file system, etc. Especially true as more > and more IT > folk have to support couchdb: dumps are a familiar backup method and > can easily > be integrated into existing systems, whereas they may have a harder > time > integrating replication. Also nice to not have to support yet > another system > (the backup needs a backup!). You can just copy the db files. This is way more efficient than dumping/restoring. Cheers Jan --