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in the application-level, snapshotting is not a way to do "consistent backup"s . consistent backup is a backup with a planned or known state when "restore"ing.
by alperakgun 7y ago
in the application-level, snapshotting is not a way to do "consistent backup"s . consistent backup is a backup with a planned or known state when "restore"ing.
- SignalsFromBob 7y agoSure it is. Quiesce your application, take a snapshot, then resume application. Then you can back up the snapshot. The alternative can be a lengthy downtime for your application.
- phyzome 7y agoI can't do anything about partial file writes in the general case, but it's close enough—and any ACID databases should be able to restore from such a snapshot.