For moving DBs where I'm allowed minutes of downtime I do rsync (slow) first from the live, while hot, then just stop that one, then rsync again (fast) then mak

For moving DBs where I'm allowed minutes of downtime I do rsync (slow) first from the live, while hot, then just stop that one, then rsync again (fast) then make the new one hot. Works a treat when other (better) method are not available.