PUMAdb : Downtime Schedule Help

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The database is backed up several times each week, as indicated in the table below. Several database maintenance scripts are run after each backup. Batch experiments that are loading when a backup begins are restarted when the backup and maintenance scripts are completed. It is not necessary to resubmit these experiments.


Updated: 2004-11-23

Day Time Description
Sunday 01 AM EST Load external datasets into the database. Data submitted for loading will be entered into a queue, to be processed and loaded into the database only after completion of this task (about 4 hours).
Monday 12 AM EST "Hot" database backup. Data submitted for loading will be entered into a queue, to be processed and loaded into the database only after completion of the backup (about 4-5 hours).
Tuesday-Friday 12 AM EST Incremental backup. Data submitted for loading will be entered into a queue, to be processed and loaded into the database only after completion of the backup (about 2-3 hours).
Saturday 01 AM EST "Cold" database backup. Database unavailable for 5 hours.