New article on MySQL 6.0 backup
Monday, August 25th, 2008I just finished some testing of the latest MySQL alpha (6.0.6) and focused on the additions put into the new backup/restore utility that will be in 6.0. If you’re not familiar with it, I’d encourage you to check out a new article that I wrote that will take you through what the new backup is all about. The thing people are most excited about is being able to do online backups for MyISAM databases (where online = non-blocking for DML operations; you can also do non-blocking backups for transaction engines that support consistent snapshot). But I also saw faster backups with the new utility as well as much faster restores, and I’m interested to know if those of you testing 6.0 are seeing the same things?
If you haven’t downloaded and given the new backup a test drive, I’d encourage you to do so - you can find the lastest build here.