[dokuwiki] Re: The database question: a new spin
- From: Ruslan Zasukhin <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <dokuwiki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 18:26:41 +0300
On 9/16/05 1:43 PM, "Andreas.Trawoeger@xxxxxxx" <Andreas.Trawoeger@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> I am new to this list, and have not see full discussion
>>
>> * First of all I am NOT agree with words on wiki site:
>> that if db server is down then bla bla bla..
>> I think text files are not so more safe than db files....
>
> The huge advantage of textfiles is they are easy to replicate. All you
> need is a samba share (or in our case a NetApp Filer) + windows offline
> replication and you easily have an offline copy of your dokuwiki on half a
> dozen laptops, you can access even if your whole datacenter has burned
> down a couple of minutes ago.
You need this. We no.
We need inet acces for collective work to server.
We use linux, macs and windows clients....
We do not have offline copies of the whole servre info on each client
computer...
> Using a database for storing the pages would make that a lot more
> complicated, because you would have to setup a database on every laptop
> and run into troubles, because you can't simple copy the database files
> while it is running.
>
> Our current setup is storing all dokuwiki files (program files+ pages)
> describing our emergency & disaster procedures via NFS on a central NetApp
> Filer cluster mirrored to a second location. This way you can easily mount
> the dokuwiki files on any Linux server and start it there if the our
> dokuwiki server crashes for whatever reason. Using a database would make
> that more complicated too, because you would first have to recover the
> crashed database, before you could access your disaster documentation.
I do not say wiki should drop texts.
Just always better support as text files so dbs way
> If for whatever reason I have too much time at my hand I would like to
> write a dokuwiki offline reader supporting running from a USB Stick
> (probably via something like http://upx.sourceforge.net or
> http://www.u3.com).This way you could store your whole wiki + reader on an
> usb stick you can store under you pillow or a fire proof safe for the case
> your datacenter + your laptop burns down.
>
> Probably I'm going to do it just to be able to write a recovery procedure
> that goes something like this:
> - Extingish the fire
> - Locate the safe and open it
> - Look for an USB Stick saying Dokuwiki
> - Mount the stick to a laptop and do what it says
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Best regards,
Ruslan Zasukhin
VP Engineering and New Technology
Paradigma Software, Inc
Valentina - Joining Worlds of Information
http://www.paradigmasoft.com
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