This is another tool in the same toolkit as archiver. I just saw a great blog post on it at http://blog.arabx.com.au/?p=883. Documentation can be found at http://mysqltoolkit.sourceforge.net/doc/mysql-checksum-filter.html. This is an invaluable tool for ensuring your replicated tables are staying in sync, something that MySQL replication does not do. Tables will drift [...]

Everyone puts lip service to the concept of keeping versions consistent between servers but it is consistently one of the most broken best practices I see amongst my clients. The problems with such inconsistency are legion, and I’ll point out a few here.
Mismatch between production and development: Development environments are often neglected, particularly [...]