[FX.php List] Do RackSpace "Snapshots" conform to Best Practices?

[Leo R. Lundgren]

I don't know, I haven't dealt with hot-adding memory to a virtual machine so I can't say whether this snapshot stuff they talk about is something of concern or not.

What I would say though is that regardless of how *they* do things you should have your own backup of the data on that machine, so it can easily be restored if they fail.

One would think that they know what they're doing and that it's not the first time they've done this on a VM they maintain :o

In any case I don't see why they or you cannot just shut the machine down, change memory, and then turn it on again. Have them do that and there shouldn't be much to worry about. If they refuse, switch to another hosting provider :)


9 mar 2012 kl. 19.20 skrev Jonathan Schwartz:

> Hi Folks,
> 
> I need a quick weigh-in from FileMaker experts on the list.
> 
> One of my clients has moved FileMaker Web Publishing to third party RackSpace, which uses virtual servers under Windows.
> 
> After a week of trying to run FMS on only 2gb ram, they have agreed to upgrade the instance to 4gb.  The upgrade process consists of an automated system that takes a "snapshot" of the server and then rewrites the "snapshot" once the memory has been upgraded.
> 
> I contend that taking the "snapshot" is the same as copying live FIleMaker Server files, and in violation of FileMaker Server Best Practices.  I am urging them to shut down FileMaker Server and do the upgrade with it shut down.  Others are saying the the "snapshot" approach is OK.
> 
> Does anyone have experience with snapshots or RackSpace or both?
> 
> Need a quick answer, as I am standing on the tracks refusing to budge....for the good of the data. ;-)
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> 
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