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Date:      Tue, 16 Aug 2005 06:04:28 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Patrick Dung <patrick_dkt@yahoo.com.hk>
To:        Patrick Dung <patrick_dkt@yahoo.com.hk>, Dmitry Mityugov <dmitry.mityugov@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Backup problem for backup MySQL (a table > 2GB)
Message-ID:  <20050816130428.83605.qmail@web52110.mail.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <20050816103124.69621.qmail@web52101.mail.yahoo.com>

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Opps, it should be gzip -c, instead of gzip -dc

--- Patrick Dung <patrick_dkt@yahoo.com.hk> wrote:

> Yes mysqldump.
> 
> More solutions
> 
> mysqldump database | split -b 1900m
> mysqldump database | gzip -dc | split -b 1900m
> mysqlhotcopy database /tmp && tar czvf /tmp/db.tar /tmp && split -b
> 1900m /tmp/db.tar
> 
> mysqlhotcopy uses lots of space...
> 
> --- Dmitry Mityugov <dmitry.mityugov@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 8/16/05, Patrick Dung <patrick_dkt@yahoo.com.hk> wrote:
> > > Hi
> > > 
> > > We are using an old backup product which can only backup files <
> > 2GB.
> > > Now we have a mysql file > 2GB. The backup product refuse to
> backup
> > > that file.
> > > 
> > > So, whats the alternatives to perform backup for this situation?
> > > This is current idea:
> > > 
> > > Tar all the mysql directory and split into small files < 2GB.
> > > 
> > > Any suggestions?
> > 
> > Use mysqldump or mysqlhotcopy?
> > 
> > -- 
> > Dmitry Mityugov, St. Petersburg, Russia
> > I ignore all messages with confidentiality statements
> > 
> > "We live less by imagination than despite it" - Rockwell Kent, "N
> by
> > E"
> > 
> 
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