Re: [Exist-open] Lock during eXist backup?

[<wol...@ex...>]

Hi,

> as far as I read, there is a lock on the database during a scheduled 
> eXist backup. 1) Does that mean that editors can't write XML to the 
> database (I assume this) and 2) does that also mean that no read 
> operation is possible during backup?

1) yes, writes will be blocked until the backup has completed. This is necessary because you want to be sure to get a consistent snapshot.
2) no, read operations are not blocked, though there will be some slowdown.

Note that a backup via the Java admin client will not block.

Wolfgang