Re: LVM-snapshot + mysqldump -- is this a reasonable backup

2005-10-03 Thread George Herson
snip Jim, I didn't word my question quite right because I was only guessing at what a LVM snapshot was. Moreover, what you're saying is all correct. However, I was not suggesting that the snapshot be kept around once the backup is made. Let's go to article "What is a Logical

Re: LVM-snapshot + mysqldump -- is this a reasonable backup

2005-09-29 Thread George Herson
James G. Sack (jim) wrote: On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 13:14 -0400, George Herson wrote: James G. Sack (jim) wrote: On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 12:15 -0400, George Herson wrote: Dear Jim, Re: your post at http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/189058, why

Re: LVM-snapshot + mysqldump -- is this a reasonable backup

2005-09-19 Thread George Herson
James G. Sack (jim) wrote: On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 12:15 -0400, George Herson wrote: Dear Jim, Re: your post at http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/189058, why bother creating the mysqldump if you already have the snapshot? Why not just backup the snapshot? [...] The output of mysqldump