Okay... I got several questions...
When I "Run Now", it takes 237 seconds, thats a little under 4 minutes. During this time, is my forum closed? The old version of this mod would close my forum, and I liked that. I would like to have my tables locked while this is running; but if the forum is not closed, then that would create an issue...
Next, the file it created was 415mb in size... according to PhpMyAdmin, my database is 490mb in size; why is there a difference? I am not using GZIP. If I use GZIP, it brings the file down to 108mb... wow...
If I enable "Repair Tables" option, it adds a whopping 12 minutes to the backup process! Is there a reason why repair and optimize would take this long? Is there a reason NOT to auto repair and optimize with each backup? Usually doing an R&P will remove 100mb of overhead from the database. (I backup once a week)
And is there a reason NOT to use blocked backups? It just seems like a great "in case shit happens" feature.
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