In my experience, NFS is not absolutly necessary to backup mysql over a network. Without much effort, I back up my remote mysql database over the internet, with no problem. As long as TCP wrappers and/or your firewall configured properly, you don't need NFS. If you are doing the back up over an internal network, maybe NFS is better, but I have always been wary of using NFS over the internet.
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why NFS?
Posted by: mweisman on December 28, 2004 12:57 AMJust a thought.
Michael.
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