From dev-return-28480-apmail-directory-dev-archive=directory.apache.org@directory.apache.org Sun Jan 04 20:05:02 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-directory-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 9030 invoked from network); 4 Jan 2009 20:05:02 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 4 Jan 2009 20:05:02 -0000 Received: (qmail 27326 invoked by uid 500); 4 Jan 2009 20:05:02 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-directory-dev-archive@directory.apache.org Received: (qmail 27278 invoked by uid 500); 4 Jan 2009 20:05:02 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@directory.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: "Apache Directory Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list dev@directory.apache.org Received: (qmail 27269 invoked by uid 99); 4 Jan 2009 20:05:01 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:05:01 -0800 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of elecharny@gmail.com designates 209.85.134.190 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.134.190] (HELO mu-out-0910.google.com) (209.85.134.190) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:04:53 +0000 Received: by mu-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id i10so3025442mue.5 for ; Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:04:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:from; bh=ez9nVN9pIAJ4gAnFPeb8Umy/6H47JzYIgh/Y3+Tq8Fg=; b=LGP250EAi1ttbVPa3q8aZkHcSpTe7LnNf+wOQzwuNzshkM+SCWT5n+t1b1ZJPSgvZM H0zOiVygkNoqCCkcT+JZRWNky99soTAzgIRxEqXKDihOxiUF7+FJ7GFqaRK+PGIGDv7P zWUxtdOe1El7ZEDJYAVieFt1DPIWz8qMbPS9o= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:from; b=QV4KtwcWcbgQ3eNrl8Tn4ay2wDN8+OjYEltcd6H79AixmkvKFmC8FBn6gs304bLTZx F9c9xTysxnCM/0zCdDit/oL5aCBGL6RymSZUJqivMNXaUa+8okkE08YYkJjU3NvJKP6D Lz/yEgasKmSldnfDKt6nUiDxf0ctrSCe6zHqQ= Received: by 10.103.243.9 with SMTP id v9mr7113916mur.91.1231099472413; Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:04:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.0.11? (vol75-3-82-66-216-176.fbx.proxad.net [82.66.216.176]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id y37sm41109336mug.36.2009.01.04.12.04.30 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:04:31 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4961164F.6030501@nextury.com> Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:04:31 +0100 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (X11/20081125) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Apache Directory Developers List Subject: Re: Toward 2.0... References: <495DEE52.6000407@nextury.com> <495F93BF.4020004@pc-tony.com> <4960F44B.1000802@sharp.fm> In-Reply-To: <4960F44B.1000802@sharp.fm> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: Emmanuel Lecharny X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Graham Leggett wrote: > Tony Stevenson wrote: > >> The DRS system is of interest to me. What happens at the moment if >> the system crashes? Can we copy the flat files, daily, hourly? >> Would they be re-usable. i.e. Could I copy the data files, and could >> they be used again if copied over the other files? I am thinking >> about a backup strategy for the LDAP data. > > I use subversion to back up my LDAP servers - the ldif snapshot is > dumped on a regular basis, and the ldif is then automatically checked > into a repository dedicated for this purpose. > > This technique gives you backup depth, so that corruption of the LDAP > server doesn't result in accidental corruption of the backups. That's a pretty smart solution, assuming the server does not contains too much data ! Extracting all the ASF entries from ADS will only take one or two seconds... Thanks Graham ! -- -- cordialement, regards, Emmanuel Lécharny www.iktek.com directory.apache.org