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 back

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 (assu

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)

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 to