@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ All databases in the system use docker volumes to persist data.
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@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ All databases in the system use docker volumes to persist data.
#### MySQL
#### MySQL
Normally, we take backups by simply copying the datavolume, but in the case of MySQL, we found there is a risk of getting a corrupted backup, probably due to the large number of writes happening at any time. So to get a safe snapshot of the data use mysqldump:
Normally, we take backups by simply copying the datavolume, but in the case of MySQL, we found there is a risk of getting a corrupted backup, probably due to the large number of writes happening at any time. So to get a safe snapshot of the DB use mysqldump: