Lukas Vileikis begins a series on MySQL backups with the classic option:
mysqldumpis one of the most popular database backup tools in the MySQL world.The tool is prevalent partly because it’s very basic and quite powerful –
mysqldumpdatabase backup tool is command line-based, very simple and very straightforward to use. As far as MySQL or its flavors (MariaDB and Percona Server) are concerned, this command line-based tool is one of the top choices for junior and senior database engineers across the world alike.
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