Continuous Data Protection for Your MySQL Database

written by: Tim Gallagher
2010-05-20

Protecting data is a constant yet important part of even the smallest businesses. If you don't want your business to fail due to something as simple as not having proper backups then you must look at the available solutions for proper database backups.

There are many solutions available for this, but the one I want to draw your attention to in this article is ZRM - Zmanda Recovery Manager. Situated at a price point that makes it affordable for both small shops as well as large enterprises, there's really no reason to not put a CDP system into operation



The list of features in ZRM is impressive...

  • MySQL Cluster Backup
  • Continuous Data Protection for MySQL
  • Backup running MySQL databases with zero impact on applications and users
  • Restore backups at a particular point in time.
  • Backup databases running on Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud service






When you run a web business that is open around the clock and never pauses, never goes home for the night, never rests, you need a solution that operates the same way. ZRM provides just that and is also available as a virtual machine appliance image.




An open source community edition is also available for the lowest-cost MySQL database backup solution around.


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