I don't think so, I'm pretty sure you have to use mk-parallel-dump to get the data in a format it wants. The docs are online though.
Regards, Gavin Towey -----Original Message----- From: Madison Kelly [mailto:li...@alteeve.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 4:35 PM To: Gavin Towey Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: Importing large databases faster Gavin Towey wrote: > There are scripts out there such at the Maatkit mk-parallel-dump/restore that > can speed up this process by running in parallel. > > However if you're doing this every week on that large of a dataset, I'd just > use filesystem snapshots. You're backup/restore would then only take as long > as it takes for you to scp the database from one machine to another. > > Regards, > Gavin Towey Thanks! Will the Maatkit script work on a simple --all-databases dump? As for the copy, it's a temporary thing. This is just being done weekly while we test out the new server. Once it's live, the new server will indeed be backed up via LVM snapshots. :) Madi -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=gto...@ffn.com This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee, you are notified that reviewing, disseminating, disclosing, copying or distributing this e-mail is strictly prohibited. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any loss or damage caused by viruses or errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. [FriendFinder Networks, Inc., 220 Humbolt court, Sunnyvale, CA 94089, USA, FriendFinder.com
