Re[2]: DRDB vs. MySQL replication

2002-03-30 Thread Peter Zaitsev
Hello Jeremy, Friday, March 29, 2002, 3:10:35 AM, you wrote: Also a good thing with DRBD you will not have to store and track replication log files and the setup will not require to take MySQL down to copy the snapshot of database. JZ Why would you need to take down MySQL for a backup

Re: DRDB vs. MySQL replication

2002-03-28 Thread Jeremy Zawodny
On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 09:37:47AM +0300, Peter Zaitsev wrote: Also a good thing with DRBD you will not have to store and track replication log files and the setup will not require to take MySQL down to copy the snapshot of database. Why would you need to take down MySQL for a backup

DRDB vs. MySQL replication

2002-03-27 Thread Jens Vonderheide
Hi, has anyone used DRDB (http://www.linbit.com/) instead of the standard MySQL replication? DRDB implements a virtual disk mirrored across a local disk and a disk in a remote stand-by server. On first thought, it adds some complexity to setup, but it can also replicate information not written

Re: DRDB vs. MySQL replication

2002-03-27 Thread Peter Zaitsev
Hello Jens, Wednesday, March 27, 2002, 2:43:22 PM, you wrote: We have tried to use DRBD with MySQL/EXT3/NFS and some other applications. Generally it works rather good, showing rather nice performance. The only problem we had was problem with EXT3 corruption, which was in earlier (2-3 months)