We are coming with next version of xtrabackup -
online backup solution for MySQL 5.0 / 5.1 and InnoDB standard
version, plugin modification and XtraDB. We still consider it as
alpha version, though it shows perfect stable results in our
tests.
Let me address two often asked question about
xtrabackup:
1) Does it work only with XtraDB or with InnoDB also
?
A: xtrabackup is designed to work with standard version of InnoDB
in MySQL 5.0. MySQL 5.1 + standard InnoDB / InnoDB-plugin also
are supported. It can fully work as drop-in replacement of
innodbackup tool and InnoDB Hot Backup online backup.
2) Do we need to run patched MySQL, because the build
instruction mentions the patch for MySQL ?
A: xtrabackup can be run with any version of MySQL: community
release, enterprise release, percona builds, ourdelta
distributions. You do not need to patch …
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