i'm really impressed...now that i've examined it better.... your "mysqlbackupconfig.php" file is about the cleanest code i've ever seen in a vb hack.... nice job.

A couple of things -

Can you provide SCP support in addition to FTP? We exclusively use SCP for security reasons.

My database is about 16 Gb. Tell me what I should do in order to assure a good backup.

Thanks!

one word: excellent :)

thank you.

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Yes, I will start working on an SCP interface ASAP.
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As for your backup, if I were you, Make Absolute Sure you have SafeMode off so that you can use the shell commands (mysqldump).

As for compression, I would turn Compression OFF, and take care of that manually whenever you need to. Compressing 16gb will take a lot of CPU anyway you look at it, so I dont recommend doing that automatically; do it when you need it done.

Just do a straightup backup to the .sql file or MAYBE using the tar option to just archive it. If I were you however, I would just backup straight to the sql file with no compression/archiving whatsoever.

Also, make sure you are storing your attachments in the FileSystem; that is an option inside the AdminCP, Look for it. It's hard to think how you could have 16gb of just text.

Dennis you would be best off having a shell script written to do this and have it done by a real cron instead.

Thanks, im still working on teh script though, so lots to improve upon.

Thankyou 2 :)

Zach, I *do* have that right now (if you PM me, I can send you a copy, and you can sanitize it for use by vB users...) I just want to do the whole thing via the vB cron if I can. Nice & neat that way...

It's hard to think how you could have 16gb of just text.

I have 1.3 MILLION posts.... ;)

Ouch -_-.