Re: Doing MySQl DB File backups

2004-05-18 Thread Jon Drukman
Ben Ricker wrote: I believe all the tables are MyISAM...the DB is 3.2.x. I know there will be an inconsistency as we only do nightly backups; any transactions that occur before the scp will not be there. If we failover before the backup, we can have up to 24 hours of data missing. I am concerned

RE: Doing MySQl DB File backups

2004-05-18 Thread Ben Ricker
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RE: Doing MySQl DB File backups

2004-05-18 Thread Victor Pendleton
Are you using only MyISAM or InnoDB tables? With the InnoDB tables you have the possibility of data not yet being committed. Either way, unless you can flush, lock and perform the dump and transfer all in one swoop you risk incosistency using this method. -Original Message- From: Ben Rick