There are several ways to backup MySQL, since online backup hasn't made its way into production releases yet, so this is good roundup of what is available now.

This session will give you an overview about how to perform backups of a MySQL Server using file system snapshots. Lenz will explain the general procedure, Caveats and Gotchas with this backup technique and how to work around some of them. The talk will also introduce two very popular methods for performing the actual snapshots: Linux LVM and using ZFS snapshots. Other utilities suitable for creating snapshot are covered as well.

This session will give you an overview about how to perform backups of a MySQL Server using file system snapshots. Lenz will explain the general procedure, Caveats and Gotchas with this backup technique and how to work around some of them. The talk will also introduce two very popular methods for performing the actual snapshots: Linux LVM and using ZFS snapshots. Other utilities suitable for creating snapshot are covered as well.