[FX.php List] Can FX.php ask the server if it's doing a backup?

[Dale Bengston]

Hi Troy,

If you're doing scheduled backups, you could just use PHP to display  
the explanatory text during the corresponding time ranges.

Dale

On Feb 6, 2008, at 7:31 PM, Troy Meyers wrote:

> We are using FMS9A, and have rather large databases, totalling about  
> 2.6GB. The backup takes about 25 minutes, or a bit longer if someone  
> is editing rather than just viewing the data. That (I think) is  
> because under 9, first a copy is made, then the backup copies are  
> resyncronized with any changes that happened during the whole  
> process. While the backups are running, everything, including the  
> web pages, are sluggish.
>
> If there's a way to use FX.php to ask the server if it's doing a  
> backup? I'd be able to have a chunk of text added to web pages  
> telling the user why the site is slow, and suggesting they come back  
> a bit later. Then it would be nice if that message went away next  
> time they loaded a page if the backup had completed.
>
> Is anyone doing this sort of thing?
>
> -Troy
>
>
>
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