MySQL Enterprise Backup is a high-performance backup platform that operates orders of times faster than the common mysqldump tools used by MySQL Community customers.
Category: Enterprise Features
Backup also offers precise one-click point-in-time recovery, and partial recovery for restoring a specific set of objects. You can also back up tables created by any of the available storage engines such as MyISAM.
What's new in MySQL Enterprise Backup 8
As of the current release (8.0.16), several new features are added, including:
- support for MySQL Enterprise Firewall
- encrypted InnoDB undo logs and tablespaces
- the backup process has been modified to put a backup lock on the server to prevent DDL statements (but not DML statements) on InnoDB tables.
- dynamic changes to undo tablespaces on the server being backed up
Cloud Storage Options
MySQL Backup Enterprise has two options for cloud storage:
- OpenStack Swift-compatible cloud storage, which currently includes Oracle Cloud Storage
- Amazon S3