On 2011-12-28, L. V. Lammert <l...@omnitec.net> wrote: > mysqldump will provide a 'known state' of the database, which will make a > restore possible; backing up files will only work if you shut down mysql > during the backup process - something not realistic for a production > server.
see mysqlhotcopy(1). there are + and - points for each method though.
