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by Spivak 1911 days ago
Isn't that how all backups work? If you need to prevent data loss then backups probably aren't your tool of choice. And if you're paranoid about data loss then any replication lag is also unacceptable.

* I'm worried about my server blowing up: Transactions have to be committed to more than one DB on separate physical hosts before returning.

* I'm worried about my datacenter blowing up: Transactions have to be committed to more than one DB in more than one DC before returning.