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I have a massive MySQL database (around 10 GB), and I need to copy it to a different server (slicehost). I don’t want to do a DB dump and reimport b/c I think that would take forever. Is it possible to just move the raw SQL files from one machine to the next, setup an identical mysql server, and flip the switch?
It should work.
This is the principle that the mysqlhotcopy tool uses, although this tool is meant to be run while the server is operating.