Op 7 mrt. 2016 21:38 schreef "Matt Lawrence" <m...@technoronin.com>: > > > > On 03/07/2016 01:51 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: >> >> On Mon, Mar 07, 2016 at 07:55:33PM +0100, Guus Snijders wrote: >>> >>> Op 7 mrt. 2016 14:02 schreef "Jack Coats" <j...@coats.org>: >>>> >>>> If that is the case, it should be great for 'i just erased my last weeks >>> >>> work' problem, but disaster recovery would be a issue (or for any non-flat >>> file recovery, like databases that are backed up 'live' rather than exports >>> being backed up). >>> >>> I guess I'm missing the point here, but in the case of the 'live' >>> databases; how is that different? >>> >>> Isn't that restore case always the same? Or should I think more along the >>> lines of feeding the data back to the dbms and let the software itself care >>> about storing the data? >> >> You have three options: [... ] >> > > Some database, such as Oracle, have a mode where writes to the database on disk can be paused and a backup can be made. In Oracle terms, this is "Archive Log Mode"
Thanks a lot guys, sorry for hijacking the thread. So, to come back to the situation I responded to: it could work for live data, but that would require some extra work to make sure the data is prepared (e.g. quisesd db, frozen writes, etc). Mvg, Guus Snijders
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