Tim Goodaire <tgoodair at ca.afilias.info> writes:
> You could take your backup from the origin instead of the subscriber.

You can do considerably better than that...

You need to take the *SCHEMA DUMP* from the origin, which isn't hugely
expensive.

You can then take a data-only dump from a subscriber.

You can then meld them together, to give you a Proper Schema, and a
dump that *didn't* have to open a 4-hour-long transaction against the
origin node.
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