On 2007.08.01. 15:33, Dimitrios wrote: > On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:20:50 +0300 Rich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> i still prefer dumps, they are more portable, easier to restore and >> compress better. > > but what about incremental backups? as far as i know, you'd have to backup > the entire database over and over again and for a very large database its > something we'd like to avoid.
yes, that would be problematic. maybe some hackish method of taking diff from two dumps would work, but that would require even more diskspace on the client. if you really need incremental backups, i don't know of any other method than using binlogs -- Rich ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
