Comment on CockroachDB 19.2Comments−outside12346yCan we actually backup the database with the community edition yet?Last I checked this was impossible.−gigatexal6yBackups are still an enterprise feature but doing a dump is still supported in the non paid version.−outside12346yYeah, that is not a real solution for a database of any real size, which is the only reason to use CockroachDB in the first place.−gigatexal6yI know. It’s a bummer.I’ve not tried to do block level backups for our setup in production.−outside12346yI have - it doesn't work sadly. :(−sandstrom6yCan we lock a replica for writing (stop syncing) and do a disk-level snapshot of the disk that it's running on? As a way of doing backups?Agree with the OP, no way of doing backups is kind of a dealbreaker even for hobby use :/−gigatexal6yProblem is not every node has all data from all nodes so you couldn’t say take one node offline and do a block level backup of that node’s storage.
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Can we actually backup the database with the community edition yet?
Last I checked this was impossible.
Backups are still an enterprise feature but doing a dump is still supported in the non paid version.
Yeah, that is not a real solution for a database of any real size, which is the only reason to use CockroachDB in the first place.
I know. It’s a bummer.
I’ve not tried to do block level backups for our setup in production.
I have - it doesn't work sadly. :(
Can we lock a replica for writing (stop syncing) and do a disk-level snapshot of the disk that it's running on? As a way of doing backups?
Agree with the OP, no way of doing backups is kind of a dealbreaker even for hobby use :/
Problem is not every node has all data from all nodes so you couldn’t say take one node offline and do a block level backup of that node’s storage.