[Zope] Data.fs.lock?

[Chris Withers]

Erik Enge wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Oleg Broytmann wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Chris Withers wrote:
> > >
> > > So, how should we backup data.fs without stopping Zope and ensuring the
> > > integrity of our data all the while?
> >
> >    Pack and backup Data.fs.old.
> 
> But what if the site is incredibly busy and transactions
> are going on _all the time_?  And can you automate the
> Pack function?  (If I wanted to do it during the night
> for example)

Would this whole problem go away if Zope had a 'backup data.fs' funcion
internally that could keep all transactions in memory while the
appopriate files were copied?

Chris