2008/8/2 Robert Ullmann rlullmann@gmail.com
A dump that is taken over a several month period is also hardly a snapshot, from a DB integrity POV it is nearly useless. But no matter.
You could also take one or two DB slaves out of replication for the whole dump period to keep the database consistent and then, after the dump is finished, let it replicate again. Dunno though if that is possible with MySQL.
Marco