[ZODB-Dev] repozo, neither official nor supported, apparently...

[Laurence Rowe]

2009/11/20 Chris Withers <chris at simplistix.co.uk>:
> Jim Fulton wrote:
>> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Chris Withers <chris at simplistix.co.uk> wrote:
>>> Jim Fulton wrote:
>>>> There's nothing official or supported about a backup solution without
>>>> automated tests.
>>>>
>>>> So I guess there isn't one.
>>> Right, so what does Zope Corp use?
>>
>> We use ZRS, of course.
>
> Well, ZRS solves the HA challenge the same way as zeoraid, if I
> understand correctly, but what about offsite backups and the like?
>
> The project I'm currently working on uses repozo to create backups that:
>
> - get hoovered by the hosting provider's backup mechanisms and rotated
> offsite daily
>
> - get sprayed by rsync over ssh to a DR site on another continent
>
> How would ZRS solve these problems?
>
>> I'd prefer that there be a file-storage backup solution out of the box.
>> repozo is the logical choice.  It sounds like it needs some love though.
>> This isn't something I'd likely get to soon.
>
> I'm not sure how much love repozo needs. It works, and it won't need
> changing until FileStorage's format changes, which I don't see happening
> any time soon.

Maybe this test I added for analyze.py could be a helpful template.
http://zope3.pov.lt/trac/changeset/100422

Laurence