Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
What confuses me is that page: http://mike.kruckenberg.com/archives/2006/05/mysql_backups_u.html It states `LVM doesn't do a true online backup, although it gets close.'. To me that reads `LVM is only capable of creating an "almost consistent" snapshot'. Is that true? On 15.02.2007 12:18, Graham Wood wrote: >> Does DRBD or LVM alter fsync behavior? To my understanding they should >> not. If they do not, why do I need to freeze the FS? > The certainly shouldn't do, I agree. However, I'm not sure I'd want to > rely on that if the database is that active - but it all depends on what > you're doing and what the data is.... -- imos Gesellschaft fuer Internet-Marketing und Online-Services mbH Alfons-Feifel-Str. 9 // D-73037 Goeppingen // Stauferpark Ost Tel: 07161 93339-14 // Fax: 07161 93339-99 // Internet: www.imos.net Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtgerichts Ulm, HRB 532571 vertreten durch die Geschaeftsfuehrer Alfred und Rolf Wallender.