Hi there, My hosting company tells me that they need to take down the MySQL server every day for 30 to 60 minutes to make a backup. This is the quote: "Please note that mysql is shutdown daily sometime between 3am and 9 am US eastern for 30 minutes to an hour. This is get a good backup of all mysql databases on the server during the daily backup process."
Is this normal? This implies that my dynamic generated web site is down during a 2.1% to a 4.2% of the time (not counting any other server down time). I hear that normal down times for web sites are more like 1% or less. Is this really necessary? Does MySQL requires to be shutdown to generate a good backup? Any comments are welcome. Thanks a lot. -- Clemente Zamora GlobalReservas (http://www.clementezamora.com) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
