On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 4:13 AM, River Tarnell river@loreley.flyingparchment.org.uk wrote:
... however, if we had enough money to support the toolserver properly, i think it would be perfectly reliable as a backup.
It wouldn't protect against an accidental DELETE FROM page;, though, would it? Slaves of any kind aren't great backups unless they're deliberately lagged by a significant interval.