Re: rsync vs dump for in-use files?

["Matthew Gillen" <user=50@nabble.blu.org>]

 Scott Ehrlich wrote: 
> I'd like to get list consensus for which method of file 
> preservation/backup does better for files in-use?  This will be on a 
> RHEL 5 server. 

Depends on what you mean by "in-use".  If you're talking about the 
file-store of a database and you care about having non-corrupt backups, 
neither of those methods is safe.  Databases, and database-like systems such 
as Subversion, always have "hot-copy/backup" methods that generate 
guaranteed-consistent files that can be backed up safely without taking the 
server process off-line. 

Matt 

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