[OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap Pledge

[Christopher Schmidt]

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:

> Is the database really so significantly overloaded that 'mysqldump
> openstreetmap > file' is not possible at any time of the day? 

Yes. Go look at the graphs: bat.vr.ucl.ac.uk/munin/ IIRC

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Regards,
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Christopher Schmidt
Web Developer