Re: Some GDB questions

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From: Bill Todd
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 20:51

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FrankW wrote:

> 1) I often copy .gdb from Linux server to Windows XP and
> backup/restore then copy back the .gdb to linux server, it seems
> running fine, any side effect of that?

That is not supported. If you think that doing things that are
unsupported and untested may have side effects then don't do it. :)
> 
> 2) When .gdb size is bigger than 1G, backup usually takes time,  what
> is the good approach to backup? using a cron job in linux and run the
> gbak while .gdb is being accessed by other programs? advisable?

The first thing to try to improve backup performance is to use the -g
switch on gbak to disable garbage collection. Run a sweep during off
hours to remove garbage records.

-- 
Bill Todd (TeamB)

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