That doesn't work for databases unless you stop the container. You'll likely end up with a corrupt backup.
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Any decent RDBMS can be backup live without issues. You only need to stop for restore (well without going with complex tricks)
Then stop the container.
A self hosted app can have a few minutes of downtime at 3am while the backup script runs.
Streaming replication to a read-only DB off-site.
Shut that one down and back it up from time to time.
Then copy that to a third site with rsync/etc
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Any decent RDBMS can be backup live without issues. You only need to stop for restore (well without going with complex tricks)
Then stop the container.
A self hosted app can have a few minutes of downtime at 3am while the backup script runs.
Streaming replication to a read-only DB off-site.
Shut that one down and back it up from time to time.
Then copy that to a third site with rsync/etc