Backups?

[goran at krampe.se]

Hi Chris!

Chris Muller <chris at funkyobjects.org> wrote:
> > I would
> > definitely bring down the DB to do a backup.
> 
> Actually, you shouldn't have to "bring it down"..
> 
> A more convenient way to handle this would be to implement a method on
> the repositoryController, #backUpTo: targetFileDirectory, that closes,
> copies the files via Squeak's FileStream, then reoopens, all wrapped in
> a requestCritical: [], of course.
> 
> So, you can keep your web up but just notify there will be a pause for
> however long it takes for Squeak to copy the files.
> 
> How does that sound?

Sounds great. :) Now, our db can get quite large so the file copy should
do it through a buffer.

regards, Göran