Site / MySQL Backup - Crashes Site

[contemptx]

Im currently having issues with my site / server

especially when the backup is running and the database is being backed up the site becomes unavailable.

is there another way to backup or somehow optimise in some way to stop this happening?

[bodhost.com]

I suggest that you try to follow the following steps again -

http://fragments.turtlemeat.com/mysq...phpmyadmin.php

Let me know if it helps