Hello alec,
Tuesday, February 26, 2002, 6:01:48 PM, you wrote:
>> Direct copying files is not recommended way to backup databases.
acqc> Is this true even for a "dormant" system? I plan to have a pair of
acqc> replicated servers. I intended to do backup by stopping the slave, copying
acqc> the files, then starting the slave again (at which point I hope it will
acqc> catch up with updates while it was off line). Is this not a good idea? It
acqc> seems to me the fastest way of getting a clean copy, because it does not
acqc> require any access to the internals of the database nor reformatting.
Why don't you use replication?
Look at:
http://www.mysql.com/doc/R/e/Replication.html
acqc> Alec Cawley
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