Hello *,
My INNODB database has a size of 80GO. I've a replication setup on 3
slaves and I backup my db from them.
If a problem occurs on the database, a recovery from a dump takes
around 6H ! That's too long for us.
2 ideas :
1. Stop the slave and rsync the folder /var/lib/mysql to another server
2. Stop the slave, take a dump and when it's finish, pull the dump in
another MySQL instance daily.
Do you have another ideas ? What's your advices ?
Thanks in advance,
Hello Bob,
I wouldn't use the rsync just like that. First, you'd have to make sure all
the changes are committed to disk and make sure all the dirty pages are
flushed etc. I would use xtrabackup from a slave to another server (keep in
mind it will lock tables if you don't say otherwise!).
If having a spare machine isn't a problem I would set up a replication
thread, just like the other 3 slaves you have. I would delay it XX number
of hours using mk-slave-delay. If a problem arises, you just need to
execute start slave; and it will catch up.
Using replication as a backup could be a bad idea, as it would replicate a
bad statement like "delete from users;". However, having that new slave
delayed XX number of hours, would allow you, if necessary to start
replication up to the "delete from users;" binlog position. So you can have
have the same database and skip the bad statement.
Hope this helps!
Manuel.
