Zmanda: MySQL Online Backup Nov 13, 2006, 11 :30 UTC (2 Talkback[s]) (11430 reads)
"There are several methods to do live MySQL database backups. These methods are either storage engine specific (InnoDB hot backup, mysqlhotcopy), or require read locks (mysqldump), or require additional hardware (backup using replication, LVM snapshot). Some of these backup methods can do backups of remote MySQL servers also. So far, there is no backup method that provides storage engine agnostic, consistent full backups of local and remote servers. Goal of Zmanda Recovery Manager (ZRM) of MySQL is to consolidate all these and future methods of MySQL backup and use the optimal method for the MySQL configuration.
"One of the exciting developments in MySQL is the development of MySQL Online backup..."
