Hi, I'd love to see this too. Even if it was a book that cost ?40 to buy, I'd get a copy.
Hey, maybe someone can recommend a book - I've looked hard and not really come up with anything better than the MySQL manual, which while great, is missing the 'best practices' :( Thanks, Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 05 February 2004 22:56 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: best-practices backups > > > Is there any "best-practices" wisdom on what is the most preferable > method of backing up moderately (~10-20,000 record) MySQL 4 > databases? A mysql dump to store records as text, the format provided > by the BACKUP sql command, or some other method? I am not asking > about replication, rotating backups, or remote storage, and I am not > concerned about the size of the backup files. Replication might be > the best scenario for some sites but this case is not high finance. > > -- > Michael > __ > ||| Michael Collins > ||| Kuwago Inc mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ||| Seattle, WA, USA http://michaelcollins.net > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]