On Nov 6, 2018, at 11:50, Rob Landry <41001...@interpring.com> wrote:
> Of course, one consequence of this approach is that if you lose the MySQL
> database, the audio files will be more or less useless.
Yup. Better have a good backup plan in place!
> If each audio file had headers carrying copies of the metadata, it would be
> possible to reconstruct the database fromt hem in the event of a disaster.
And if you lose the audio files, you’re done also. Ditto on the backup plan.
I don’t see how losing the MySQL DB is perceived as being somehow ‘riskier’
than losing the audio data. *Both* are well-understood risks, which can be
mitigated by a good backup scheme.
Cheers!
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