In article <20031009061602(dot)GB8513(at)zf(dot)jcu(dot)cz>,
Karel Zak <zakkr(at)zf(dot)jcu(dot)cz> writes:
> BTW, MySQL versions without transactions are unusable for 365/7/24
> systems, because you cannot make backup of DB without transaction or
> redo log.
Huh? People have backed up their MyISAM tables with "mysqlhotcopy" or
something like that for ages. This tool locks all tables and can take
a significant amount of time for large databases. Since many people
don't want that, they just create a small replication slave used
exclusively for backup.