The quick answer is: it depends. If you read in the manual the documentation for innodb and myisam tables, you'll see that they're both stored in an operating-system (somewhat) independent way.
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/moving.html That references the page Gleb replied with, but it also gives a bit more detail. -Sheeri On 1/23/06, George Law <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just a quick question regarding mysql backups. > > I know myisam tables are portal from machine to machine, but I know > there are some differences > Between innodb tables. > > I am running mysql 5.0.18 on suse linux 10. I have innodb set up so it > stores each table in its own > .idb file. > > I've read that innodb tables are not portable from server to server, my > question is if I grab the whole > mysql/data directory, can it be restored back on the same computer in > the event of a crash. Do I need > to enable binlog to do this? > > > I plan on giving myself about a 1 hour maintenance window where all my > import scripts skip importing and > then just copying the entire mysql/data directory to a back up server > where I will tar/gzip the data and push > it out to a back up directory so it will get dumped to tape. > > -- > Geo > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
