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Re:Ask HN: What do you use to backup your VMs? by fefferkorn on Saturday September 28, 2024 @01:48AM (#41678178)
But what you need to consider often is, having a consistent state in those snapshots, this can be a nasty thing for examble with all sorts of databases or configuration as database (boltdb, sqlite,...)
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Re:Ask HN: What do you use to backup your VMs? by bob1029 on Saturday September 28, 2024 @01:57AM (#41678213)
Turning on WAL for SQLite mitigates most concerns with inconsistent block storage state.
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Re:Ask HN: What do you use to backup your VMs? by fefferkorn on Saturday September 28, 2024 @02:37AM (#41678349)
Yes, but i meant in general, idk if ALL those systems support wal archiving.
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