With all this discussion going on about the best way to backup MySQL data, I have a question: Is there anything wrong with simply copying the db files when you're backing up, as opposed to doing a full shutdown of the server (regardless of whether it's a master or slave) and then doing a dump of the data? (Note the difference, one will copy files, the other dumps the data for backup.)
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