Thread: Hosting Gods: How do you keep a site up and running normally when performing a backup?
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Old 02-21-2011, 02:20 PM  
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Originally Posted by chaze View Post
Mysql can be rsynced just like everything else.
of course it can, but don't expect a simple restore, or any for that matter....

simply copying the /var/lib/mysql/mysql directory is asking for trouble
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