I have not digged to deep, but as far as I can see from your link: pt-table-checksum requires statement-based replication, and it sets binlog_format=STATEMENT on the master And the mysql manual says If you are using InnoDB tables and the transaction isolation level is READ COMMITTED or READ UNCOMMITTED , only row-based logging can be used. So, if I am not misinterpreting, this plays in a different league. Jan |