[CentOS] realtime backup

On Wed, 2009-02-18 at 15:35 -0500, Toby Bluhm wrote:
> For a speedy backup, could put the db on LVM. Then your procedure would 
> be shutdown/freeze db, make lv snapshot, startup/unfreeze db, 
> rsync/backup data, remove snapshot.

That's what I'd suggest too, but be warned that performance on that
database (if gets to be of any size to be useful) would completely
suck... not unlike driving at 90mph and with the ebrake on and
constantly up-and-down-shifting...

	-I