-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 * On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 11:04:01AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I am trying to find the best way to backup my 4.7GB > database and have unfortunately found out the hard way > that mysqldump is grossly inefficient. Since 4 web sites > rely on the data, shutting it down to copy it is not a > good option either. Has anyone used mysqlhotcopy? The perl > doc says it is still in beta, which makes me a little > nervous.
have you thought about lvm? http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/snapshots_backup.html - -- Peter Abplanalp -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE99hcZggA8sH0iRXQRAjFiAJ4tCyxvTYppnhf6Eyw0TwyyGwYtrwCbBNG9 R6A3wtPfCBOF/nf1Z2NzETo= =tefX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
