This page tells how to safely back up and restore a Schevo database.

Durus-based storage

By default, Schevo uses the Durus package (specifically, its FileStorage class) to handle on-disk storage. The design of Durus allows you to simply make a copy of the database to back it up, regardless of whether it is being written to. (See making backups thread on durus-users).

One scenario that the Schevo team has not tested is backing up a database while it is being packed. While this may be safe to do, particularly on *nix platforms, we suggest making sure pack and backup operations do not overlap.