Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 76950 invoked from network); 29 Jan 2010 02:27:45 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 29 Jan 2010 02:27:45 -0000 Received: (qmail 98248 invoked by uid 500); 29 Jan 2010 02:27:44 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 98206 invoked by uid 500); 29 Jan 2010 02:27:44 -0000 Mailing-List: contact user-help@couchdb.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: user@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list user@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 98196 invoked by uid 99); 29 Jan 2010 02:27:44 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:27:44 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of paul.joseph.davis@gmail.com designates 209.85.210.202 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.210.202] (HELO mail-yx0-f202.google.com) (209.85.210.202) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:27:33 +0000 Received: by yxe40 with SMTP id 40so1274906yxe.28 for ; Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:27:12 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=KCCMAjw7rWmJ1NjVmWPs4RxcxcuBjp+27p8uujXuL34=; b=k8TdVxLgMUw9U0a6h1vSZVo39hgOnjAMaln5blAM89yDYWgzIJn4ZiT+m/IDOoWLe9 yRaqwKSj8Ziv568jmeoCBTRMYcWVOPBDY1I8Zs2zZdp1J+7bFkasds4CqEpNOrfP/jyB doGrJskUnggfgd8Za+fSH09lbX4y3UQUrkfhg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=aHGs8YrjJGNXP67mRbQY3gqi1hd2ee7APXHTtVPu0Wz5p5uqwYDEgXKAsoP66mgrio tHXIpMMk/qroLZZoGUdwxJQi7INL3d374d+bGOyRRzq9RvzMSKg6YC0Qdlavdp3lkZvm 01n3QvAxsLCc3hcWSLUAYWM93NV8tjVri9Uz8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.236.40 with SMTP id j40mr162246anh.158.1264732032146; Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:27:12 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <6BF06D38-6D6F-4392-9597-59FCBA1D6D3C@gmail.com> References: <56a83cd01001281541n17735fecn2cdd3222a1858a@mail.gmail.com> <6BF06D38-6D6F-4392-9597-59FCBA1D6D3C@gmail.com> From: Paul Davis Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:26:52 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Time machine backup while CouchDB running? To: user@couchdb.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org I've never been emailed by Gmail before... Its true because CouchDB is an append only file format. If you have a *.couch file you can test such things my progressively trimming from the tail end of the file and loading it between truncations. As long as there's no corruption randomly throughout the file everything should be valid. HTH, Paul Davis On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 9:18 PM, Gmail wrote= : > You say that with such confidence :). =A0This is true even if Couch is wr= iting > to the db file at the same time TM is backing it up? =A0Does TM use some = kind > I'd shadow copy? > > ------------------ > David Van Couvering > http://davidvancouvering.blogspot.com > > On Jan 28, 2010, at 4:12 PM, Benoit Chesneau wrote: > >> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 12:41 AM, David Van Couvering >> wrote: >>> >>> Anyone know if a TimeMachine backup of a running CouchDB will work, or = is >>> there a likelihood of corruption? >>> >>> -- >>> David W. Van Couvering >>> >>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidvc >>> http://davidvancouvering.blogspot.com >>> http://twitter.com/dcouvering >>> >> >> Yes it should work without any problem. >> >> - benoit >