Replication solutions
MySQL replication is useful in many different scenarios to fulfill a range of purposes. This section focuses on specific use cases and provides general information on how to use the replication.
One of the major use cases is to use replication for backup purposes. The data from the master can be replicated on the slave database server and then the data on the slave can be backed up. The slave database server can be shut down without affecting the operations running on the master database server.
Another use case is to handle unexpected halt of the REPLICATION SLAVE. To accomplish this, once the slave restarts, the I/O thread must be able to recover information about the transactions received and the transactions that ...
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