From user-return-13906-apmail-couchdb-user-archive=couchdb.apache.org@couchdb.apache.org Thu Nov 25 11:40:07 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 1705 invoked from network); 25 Nov 2010 11:40:06 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by 140.211.11.9 with SMTP; 25 Nov 2010 11:40:06 -0000 Received: (qmail 16749 invoked by uid 500); 25 Nov 2010 11:40:05 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 16439 invoked by uid 500); 25 Nov 2010 11:40:05 -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 16430 invoked by uid 99); 25 Nov 2010 11:40:04 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 11:40:04 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.3 required=10.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [145.58.30.185] (HELO out1b.mail.omroep.nl) (145.58.30.185) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 11:39:55 +0000 Received: from localhost (ou1bclean [10.10.30.159]) by out1b.mail.omroep.nl (Postfix MTA - NPO ICT) with ESMTP id 4C19F3000B7A for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:39:35 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: NPO ICT Received: from tweehoog.vpro.nl (tweehoog.vpro.nl [145.58.169.4]) by out1b.mail.omroep.nl (Postfix MTA - NPO ICT) with ESMTP id 2E0C5300008E for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:39:35 +0100 (CET) Received: from exmail.vpro.nl ([145.58.171.81] helo=VS-EX-01.intra.vpro.nl) by tweehoog.vpro.nl with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1PLaAp-0003gr-00 for user@couchdb.apache.org; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:39:35 +0100 Received: from VS-EX-01.intra.vpro.nl ([145.58.171.81]) by VS-EX-01.intra.vpro.nl ([145.58.171.81]) with mapi; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:39:35 +0100 From: Nils Breunese To: "user@couchdb.apache.org" Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:39:34 +0100 Subject: Re: Incremental backups Thread-Topic: Incremental backups Thread-Index: AcuMlW8jMLDCKpkXRPGFF4A3AfyZSQ== Message-ID: <4A80085B-5AB0-4032-A875-54D1C8C6699D@vpro.nl> References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: nl-NL Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: nl-NL Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org afters wrote: > The straight-forward way, as I see it, is to shutdown couch and use a too= l > like rsync or duplicity to backup db files. It should do the job well, an= d > as an added bonus, it could also be used to backup views. > > Does anyone know if a similar backup could be done while the couch is sti= ll > on (and the db is being updated)? Yes, you can just rsync or copy the files while CouchDB is running. Thanks = to CouchDB's append-only file structure this is safe. Nils. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ VPRO phone: +31(0)356712911 e-mail: info@vpro.nl web: www.vpro.nl ------------------------------------------------------------------------