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[Ernie Black]

We're looking into options, Mac. As I say, I was unaware of this until I read Clayton's comments on May 28 (it's been ages since I was on the forum past 1 am). For one, I've requested that Rackspace reschedule the backup time to 3 am (still cocktail time somewhere, but better than midnight or 1 am). Beyond that, we're looking into the possibility of adding a mirrored database server, so that they can back up the mirror and not affect the primary. It takes about 1.25 hours on average to run the backup (over 7 GB of data in the forums, plus 456 tables and over 70 million records!).

Bear with us, now that we're aware of the situation. We'll come up with a solution (like: watch TV instead!! lol!!).

[John Schmidt]

Ernie Black wrote on Mon, 09 June 2008 11:19

...I've requested that Rackspace reschedule the backup time to 3 am...

That's still only midnite for those of us on the west coast. If you moved it a couple more hours, I still don't think it's likely those on the east coast would be affected, (unless they're pulling all-nighters!)  

Also, some types of backup software have "open-file" options, where you can check-mark if you want it to backup open files. Could that be an option?

John

[Mac Kerr]

Ernie Black wrote on Mon, 09 June 2008 14:19

Bear with us, now that we're aware of the situation. We'll come up with a solution (like: watch TV instead!! lol!!).

I was watching TV.     And chatting, on the theater sound list, and playing solitaire. If we can't complain, what have we got?

Mac

[Ernie Black]

John Schmidt wrote on Mon, 09 June 2008 15:00

Ernie Black wrote on Mon, 09 June 2008 11:19 ...I've requested that Rackspace reschedule the backup time to 3 am... That's still only midnite for those of us on the west coast. If you moved it a couple more hours, I still don't think it's likely those on the east coast would be affected, (unless they're pulling all-nighters!)   Also, some types of backup software have "open-file" options, where you can check-mark if you want it to backup open files. Could that be an option? John

But then there's the rest of the planet to consider. Argh, I hate time zones! I'll see what can be done.

Hey Mac, what's on the tube tonight?

[Ernie Black]

New scheduled database backup time is 3 am. That's CST, btw, not EST, so it's 1 am west coast, which is better than midnight.

[Clayton Luckie]

Its 12:52AM CST now, and all is normal.  Thanks, Ernie!

cl

[Philip Roberts]

Thanks for working on this, 3am CDT is much better than midnight CDT. Another hour or two might be a tad better but not much.

That mirror DB server would be a big help. (It also extra redundancy).

Thanks again.

Philip

Ernie Black wrote on Tue, 10 June 2008 09:00

New scheduled database backup time is 3 am. That's CST, btw, not EST, so it's 1 am west coast, which is better than midnight.