Re: mysqldump with single-transaction with high-concurrency DB

2006-07-11 Thread Dan Buettner
- From: Dan Buettner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 3:21 PM To: Mark Steele Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: mysqldump with single-transaction with high-concurrency DB Sorry Mark - I thought your question was more of a does this seem right and how do I than a something's

Re: mysqldump with single-transaction with high-concurrency DB

2006-07-11 Thread Devananda
replication setup is via snapshots on the master. -Original Message- From: Dan Buettner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 2:42 PM To: Mark Steele Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: mysqldump with single-transaction with high-concurrency DB Mark, that's

Re: mysqldump with single-transaction with high-concurrency DB

2006-07-11 Thread Devananda
To: Mark Steele Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: mysqldump with single-transaction with high-concurrency DB Sorry Mark - I thought your question was more of a does this seem right and how do I than a something's wrong here post. I think your problem is coming in with the use of --opt

RE: mysqldump with single-transaction with high-concurrency DB

2006-07-11 Thread Mark Steele
5.0.22 -Original Message- From: Dan Buettner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 9:55 AM To: Mark Steele Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: mysqldump with single-transaction with high-concurrency DB Sorry Mark, appears you're right. --opt is the default now

RE: mysqldump with single-transaction with high-concurrency DB

2006-07-11 Thread Mark Steele
10, 2006 3:21 PM To: Mark Steele Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: mysqldump with single-transaction with high-concurrency DB Sorry Mark - I thought your question was more of a does this seem right and how do I than a something's wrong here post. I think your problem is coming

mysqldump with single-transaction with high-concurrency DB

2006-07-10 Thread Mark Steele
Hi folks, I've recently tried to do a database backup on a database server that has a fairly high concurrency rate (1000+ queries/sec) and have noticed that the backup process seemed to deadlock the machine and I had to resort to extreme measures to get the database back up (killed the process

Re: mysqldump with single-transaction with high-concurrency DB

2006-07-10 Thread Dan Buettner
Mark, that's the expected behavior of mysqldump with --opt and --single-transaction; it locks all databases and all tables for the duration of the dump, ensuring a consistent snapshot. With a database this size (100 GB), it's an area where throwing hardware at the problem may be your best bet.

Re: mysqldump with single-transaction with high-concurrency DB

2006-07-10 Thread Dan Buettner
. -Original Message- From: Dan Buettner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 2:42 PM To: Mark Steele Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: mysqldump with single-transaction with high-concurrency DB Mark, that's the expected behavior of mysqldump with --opt and --single

RE: mysqldump with single-transaction with high-concurrency DB

2006-07-10 Thread Mark Steele
: mysqldump with single-transaction with high-concurrency DB Sorry Mark - I thought your question was more of a does this seem right and how do I than a something's wrong here post. I think your problem is coming in with the use of --opt. The article you reference, where it says This is an online