It is often faster to set up replicas by stopping a node (and any
underlying database server like MariaDB) and do a raw copy of the
database (e.g. with rsync). So far, it required to stop the whole
cluster and use tools like 'mysql' or sqlite3' to edit:
- the 'pt' table in databases,
- the 'config.nid' values of the new nodes.

With this new option, if you already have 1 replica, you can set up
new replicas with such fast raw copy, and without interruption of
service. Obviously, this implies less redundancy during the operation.