Backing up MySQL Part 4: mydumper


 

There are many tools we can use to back up our MySQL databases. Some are well-known and used by the best technology companies out there (mysqldump comes to mind), and some are a little less famous, but still have their place in the MySQL world. Enter mydumper – the tool is built by the engineering team over at Percona and it‘s supposedly created to address performance issues caused by mysqldump.

Prerequisites and Installation

mydumper is a tool that lets people take logical backups of their MySQL databases. The tool is built according to the best MySQL practices, it‘s being actively