Comments on: Backing up large MySQL databases http://blog.boxedice.com/2009/06/14/backing-up-large-mysql-databases/ Real software development Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:34:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Sam http://blog.boxedice.com/2009/06/14/backing-up-large-mysql-databases/#comment-2598 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:04:24 +0000 http://blog.boxedice.com/?p=254#comment-2598 Do you have an example of the command line options you used?

]]> By: Abhishek http://blog.boxedice.com/2009/06/14/backing-up-large-mysql-databases/#comment-953 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 05:05:40 +0000 http://blog.boxedice.com/?p=254#comment-953 Hey David,

You can use LVMSNAPSHOT for MySQL BD backup and it is almost hotbackup. No locking and restoration is very very fast. Try to use MySQL-zrm

]]> By: David M http://blog.boxedice.com/2009/06/14/backing-up-large-mysql-databases/#comment-401 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:15:44 +0000 http://blog.boxedice.com/?p=254#comment-401 As with anything you need to test backups regularly. We have had no problems so don’t see it as an issue.

]]> By: Martin Sweeney http://blog.boxedice.com/2009/06/14/backing-up-large-mysql-databases/#comment-400 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:59:41 +0000 http://blog.boxedice.com/?p=254#comment-400 Thanks for the article – some interesting stuff.

I came across this on the mk-parallel-dump page:

“mk-parallel-dump is not a backup program! It is only for fast data exports. Do not rely on mk-parallel-dump for your backups. You have been warned. ”

is this as concerning as it sounds?

Martin.

]]> By: Choosing a non-relational database; why we migrated from MySQL to MongoDB « Boxed Ice Blog http://blog.boxedice.com/2009/06/14/backing-up-large-mysql-databases/#comment-216 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:52:46 +0000 http://blog.boxedice.com/?p=254#comment-216 [...] had a hard time keeping up, especially with the initial sync. As such, backups became an issue, but we solved that. However, scaling MySQL onto multiple clustered servers as we plan to do in the future is [...]

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