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Is it possible to do incremental or differential backups with MySQL?

April 26, 2017backups Differential incremental MySQL possible

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Is it possible to do incremental or differential backups with MySQL?

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MySQL backup is done with SQL Dump file, and it generates a single file which is then uploaded. These backup files usually very large size and it takes time to backup to the server. At this moment, it is not possible to do incremental dump with mysqldump. But our In-File Delta feature shall ensure that, instead of the entire backup file, only the changed data blocks within the dump file are uploaded to the Backup Server.