Very fast MySQL slave setup with zero downtime using rsync | Electricmonk.nl weblogBlog Sunday, November 6th, 2016 Most online tutorials for setting up a slave replication database involve dumping and loading the database on the master with mysqldump. Unfortunately, loading data with mysqldump can be very slow. My friend Cris suggest a much faster method using rsync. Benefits The benefits of this method are: Very fast setup of a slave by avoiding having to load a logical dump in
