RE: Here"s an Idea for Re-Syncing Master and Slave During Production Hours without Interrupting Use

>> I would never have any confidence that the replication=20
>> is solid enough to use the slave server for backup purposes.

> I agree completely there. That's the other reason I like filesystem=20
> snapshots is that it allows you to take a backup from=20
> the master relatively painlessly.

I've thought of using snapshots. Offhand, can't remember the reason that
I decided they would not work for us. It'll come to me...=20

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