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[nycphp-talk] Backups of session files

Greg Rundlett (freephile) greg at freephile.com
Tue Oct 4 16:58:29 EDT 2011


On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Hans Zaunere <bulk at zaunere.com> wrote:

> > I'm curious whether it's worthwhile to backup PHP session stores.
>
> I would say no... the nimble session and lethargic backup/restore models
> just don't fit in my opinion.
>
> > At first I thought, why do that?  But then I figured that if the session
> > can last a long time (e.g. 60 minutes) AND if a restore from some
> > service failure was done quickly, then it MIGHT be worthwhile to include
> > your session directory in backups.  BUT, this is still somewhat
> > problematic since we'd have lots of files (large cost compared to small
> > gain).
> >
> > What do you do?
>
> If there are that many sessions, and/or they are that complicated and long
> lasting, they should be stored in some type of database anyway.
>
> My RSD 0.02
>
> H
>
>
Thanks Hans,

That's what I was thinking.  It's good to get the feedback.

Greg
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