“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…”
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