On Tue, 2007-03-06 at 10:09 -0700, Nathan Aubrey wrote: > Is is safe to compress an ldap database or a mysql database for archival > purposes? ---- I'm gathering that the reason that you are asking is because you want a backup of the binary blob data files which in both cases is probably the least desirable method of backing up. A decent backup for either mysql or ldap would be a mysqldump or slapcat which would be a text file which could be piped to tar to simultaneously dump the data and compress it and I wouldn't be surprised if mysqldump had a tar/zip function built into it's client software to do this on the fly. -- Craig White --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss