BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] backing up large SQL DB's

2008-10-11 14:52:04
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] backing up large SQL DB's
From: "Nils Breunese (Lemonbit)" <nils AT lemonbit DOT com>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:49:48 +0200
Seann Clark wrote:

> Another way to do this is get a Windows type box, use MySqlAdmin on  
> the windows box (Free perdy GUI download J ) and have it schedule  
> the backups. The backups end up as TXT files that compress  
> wonderfully, and restore perfectly.

I don't really see the advantage of adding a Windows box with a GUI  
application to the mix, when you can just do this by setting  
$Conf{DumpPreUserCmd} to run mysqldump and gzip/bzip2 on your MySQL  
databases.

Nils Breunese.

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