Binary Mode - Percona XtraBackup and Mariabackup

In binary mode, the MySQL Plugin uses Percona XtraBackup, which is an open-source hot backup utility for MySQL based servers that doesn’t need to lock your database during the backup. The Percona technology uses techniques that ensure consistency of the whole backup.

It can back up data from InnoDB, XtraDB, and MyISAM tables on unmodified MySQL 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, and 5.7 servers, as well as a Percona Server with XtraDB. MariaDB is supported with Percona xtrabackup, but starting with Bacula Enterprise 12.6, Mariabackup is the recommended backup tool for MariaDB 10.1 and above.

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Previous articles:

• Choosing Between Binary and Dump Modes

• Dump Mode

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