Database Backup

[shawnm]

When I do backup using the OSC backup in the admin, the file size is about 11 Meg. When I do a backup using phpmyadmin the file size is about 6 Meg.

 

I chose no compression on both. On phpmyadmin I chose data and structure. I have about 13,000 products so to make sure everything is there is kinda difficult.

 

 

Any ideas why this is? Are both methods a complete backup? Any suggestions?

 

Thanks in advance,

Shawn

[FalseDawn]

Can't vouch for the OSC backup, as I always use phpmyAdmin and this is the method I would recommend. Difference is probably just due to how the backup is actually created and formatted.

 

You can check your backup easily if you have a spare database to run the backup script against (one locally on your PC, perhaps?)

[shawnm]

I don't have a unix box to run a local script on. I only have a windows machine.

 

Thanks though.

 

 

When I do backup using the OSC backup in the admin, the file size is about 11 Meg.  When I do a backup using phpmyadmin the file size is about 6 Meg.

 

I chose no compression on both.  On phpmyadmin I chose data and structure.  I have about 13,000 products so to make sure everything is there is kinda difficult.

Any ideas why this is?  Are both methods a complete backup?  Any suggestions?

 

Thanks in advance,

Shawn

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[Winterchild]

You don't need Unix for a local test area.

 

I have one with Apache Mysql PHP and Phpmyadmin (from www.easyphp.org)