http://blog.booking.com/abstracting_binlog_servers_and_mysql_master_promotion_wo_reconfiguring_slaves.html
Follow the link above to read my latest article on the Booking.com Developer Blog. It is about Binlog Servers and how to promote a slave as the new master without reconfiguring all slaves.
This is also a good opportunity to remind you of my next talks:
I’ll be giving a talk about Binlog