Dump or Raw Backup
• Dumps
– Can be performed remotely
– Take a lot of space
– CPU intensive and slower
– Are plain SQL, so easy to use later
– Can do selective restore
– Works for any table type
• Raw Backups
– Faster, there is no translation
– Restore “instantly”
– Works for ISAM/MyISAM only
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