XtraBackup 2.4 Software by Percona

Percona LLC announced XtraBackup 2.4, the company’s open source hot backup solution that works with any variant of MySQL, including Percona Server, MySQL and MariaDB.

Version 2.4 of the free, completely open source solution offers speed and reliability, uninterrupted transaction processing during backups and more. This makes XtraBackup for large, mission-critical applications that cannot tolerate downtime.

Feature highlights
Offered free as an open source solution, XtraBackup drives down backup costs while providing unique features for MySQL backup. It offers:

• Greater speed – takes physical data copies that outperform logical copies.

• Uninterrupted transaction processing during backups – ensures users can continue to query the database during backups.

• Online non-blocking, real-time backups – When used with Percona Server for MySQL, true online, non-blocking, real-time backups provide tightly compressed, highly secure real-time backups on transactional systems, enabling applications to remain fully available during planned maintenance windows.

• Flexibility – works with any version of MySQL from any vendor.

• Non-intrusive copy for XtraDB Cluster – works with firm’s XtraDB Cluster, enabling a robust backup strategy for large-scale clustered environments.

• Value – is 100% open source and can be downloaded for free.

• Encryption – stores backups in an encrypted form, enabling granular data access controls that provide an extra layer of protection for public and shared cloud storage instances.

XtraBackup 2.4 is available and can be downloaded.