[Zope] Hot backups

Petru Paler ppetru@coltronix.com
Mon, 29 May 2000 12:20:41 +0300 (EEST)


> Is there any facility in Zope for doing a hot backup, without shuting
> down zope, taking a backup copy of var -- can this result in
> inconsistencies in the internal DB, or does it use something mystical to
> prevent corruption?  If not, what other options exist for this?

AFAICS Zope does a sync() everytime after an object write, so you should
be safe by just copying the Data.fs file while it's running.

YMMV :)

-Petru