[CentOS] What to backup?

On Feb 23, 2010, at 8:06 PM, Benjamin Franz <jfranz at freerun.com> wrote:

> Ross Walker wrote:
>> Or a replica mysql database and use either mysqldump or lvm without
>> having to take the master down or interrupt it's activities.
>>
>
> That works well as long as your replication setup doesn't mysteriously
> break. I've had issues with the 5.x replication spontaneously breaking
> silently. YMMV.

Well make sure to setup a non-broken replica...

:-)

-Ross