[OSM-dev] Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap Pledge

[Erik Johansson]

On 5/30/06, Christopher Schmidt <crschmidt at crschmidt.net> wrote:
> On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 11:31:03PM +0200, Erik Johansson wrote:
> > What I mean is
> > 1. backup osm mysql
>
> I've been told that a mysqldump on OSM would take long enough to
> negatively impact the entire site:

Create a 3 minute service window each day at 0400 GMT, shutdown mysql
and run rsync on mysql files, works like a charm. Otherwise just setup
a mysql slave as Mikel said. These are 2 hour hacks.

/emj