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Originally Posted by muxx

How will this work with large forums where the databases are over 4 gigs. When the cron executes, will the browser still need to be open? Will it continue to run if the browser is closed after the cron is triggered? Also when you set it to Shutdown the forums, does it only shut them down during the Dump or are they still shutdown durring the gzip?

Using a PHP INI Directive to prevent termination of the script, and to have unlimited life until the script is finished.

Basically what this means is, that say you loaded the page; the cron executes and even if you close the browser the script keeps on running in the background.

With a database as large as that, make sure you do have SafeMode Off, is that will guarantee the directives are set to ensure your backup without prematurely stopping.