Tagged: mysqlhotcopy

pigz parallel gzip compression revisited

Today, revisiting pigz – a parallel gzip compression alternative to gzip. I had a client who’s MySQL sql database backup came in at 9.9 gigabytes in size and he was running a level 9 gzip compression on the file which took ~48 minutes to run on his WHM/Cpanel powered dual...

mysqlmybackup.sh – multi feature MySQL database backup and restore script with Percona XtraBackup & Mydumper tool support

mysqlmybackup.sh started out as a mysqldump based MySQL back up script which I started on June 20th, 2011. I compiled the script based on the modified MySQL mysqldump backup script by Vivek Gite and merged it with Zarafa.com script. Script Evolution: The script has since evolved from the original Vivek...