From: Reindl Harald Date: December 23 2011 10:03pm Subject: Re: FULL mysqldump List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/226505 Message-Id: <4EF4FAA7.3070004@thelounge.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigDA0B754CD97CC8731DFB3987" --------------enigDA0B754CD97CC8731DFB3987 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am 23.12.2011 22:42, schrieb Wm Mussatto: >> so you have a REAL consistent backup with minimal downtime you can res= tore >> on any machine and pull dumps of whatever you really need instead of >> breaindead hughe dumps with long locking time while they are done or >> withut locking inconsistent state >> >> the first rsync runs while the server is online and the second one >> after mysqld is stopped takes a few moemnts because only changed data >> in the meantime have to be synced again >> >> this way you can backup many GB of mysql-data with minimal downtime >> and 100% consistence >> > This is true if the problem is many relatively small tables. Not sure = how > well it would work if the problem was one or more very large tables. does not matter if you look how rsync works i am using rsync ober the WAN each day for backups or some TB real data with only 3-6 GB traffic each day to give an specifiy example how good this works a part of this backups is a mysql-server for dbmail with one table-file (innodb) > 10 GB, the whole backup over a 22Mbit wire limited to 800KB/Sec. takes ususally around 30 minutes --------------enigDA0B754CD97CC8731DFB3987 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk70+qcACgkQhmBjz394AnmGIQCdFs0ssKfMT7NqJGRjxxMae47e fZAAmgIlO/oWgSsDhU8ceGPY1GvIJa1D =yWiv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigDA0B754CD97CC8731DFB3987--