Re: Database and all backups lost at same time

2002-05-19 Thread Erik Perrhoe \(Computer Consultant\)
myisamchk -q Does a Quick check of the files... See the manual for the options to do a full repair / recovery of the files. - ??) Perhaps the backup files were already corrupt before the crash??? ??) Perhaps you have some issues with your hard disk? You can buy a CDRW drive for about $120

Re: Database and all backups lost at same time

2002-05-18 Thread Jason Cribbins
TED]> To: "kibserv-FtS Setiqueue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "MySQL List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 6:53 PM Subject: Re: Database and all backups lost at same time : Not to add insult to injury, but keeping backups on the same machine and : media

Re: Database and all backups lost at same time

2002-05-18 Thread Gerald R. Jensen
Not to add insult to injury, but keeping backups on the same machine and media your databases are installed on is asking for trouble. And power outages are predictable, so UPS protection is critical. Enough said. I would speculate that one or more of the files in the /data/mysql/ folder were open

Re: Database and all backups lost at same time

2002-05-18 Thread Richard Clarke
Not a direct answer to your question here, but why keep backups on the same server and in the same storage medium? Ric. - Original Message - From: "kibserv-FtS Setiqueue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "MySQL List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 9:44 PM Subject: Database and