Backup - Best Practices/Preferred Method?

[BAM]

I know this question was raised before at least once ( http://groups.google.com/group/ravendb/browse_frm/thread/e3cc57fe7d76a6a6/) but as I haven't seen a definitive reply I thought I'd re-post the question.

I know basically the approaches fall into two categories:

 1. Some sort of file backup (e.g. VSS) on the Raven data file

 2. Utilizing the Raven Backup Utility (I'm including backups done through the studio in this category, though that may not be technically accurate)

Is one approach recommended over the other?

In my case I'm inclined favor the first approach. My thinking is that we are already doing it for files/documents stored on our network so presumably it will minimize the new stuff we'll have to implement.

As I'm still new to Raven I'm afraid I might be missing something.

So are there reasons I should favor the other approach? Is one approach preferred over the other based upon DB usage/configuration (e.g. multi vs single tenant)?

TIA,

B.

[Oren Eini (Ayende Rahien)]

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On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 9:12 PM, BAM <b...@bryanvt.net> wrote:

I know this question was raised before at least once ( http://groups.google.com/group/ravendb/browse_frm/thread/e3cc57fe7d76a6a6/) but as I haven't seen a definitive reply I thought I'd re-post the question.

I know basically the approaches fall into two categories:

 1. Some sort of file backup (e.g. VSS) on the Raven data file

 2. Utilizing the Raven Backup Utility (I'm including backups done through the studio in this category, though that may not be technically accurate)

Studio backup and Raven.Backup operate in exactly the same manner.

 

Is one approach recommended over the other?

Not really, no.

 

In my case I'm inclined favor the first approach. My thinking is that we are already doing it for files/documents stored on our network so presumably it will minimize the new stuff we'll have to implement.

 

As I'm still new to Raven I'm afraid I might be missing something.

So are there reasons I should favor the other approach? Is one approach preferred over the other based upon DB usage/configuration (e.g. multi vs single tenant)?

For multi database scenarios, it is easier to do VSS for the full directories, rather than do backup of one database at a time.

 

TIA,

B.