If somebody accidentally drops a critical table in MySQL, the application no longer works. The solution to this problem is to utilize the (open source) Zmanda Recovery Manager. You are a MySQL ...
Recently, I had a chance to test the community edition of Zmanda Recovery Manager for MySQL. I was partly testing to make sure it worked with MariaDB, Monty Program's drop-in replacement for MySQL, ...
Effective MySQL: Backup and Recovery offers a no-nonsense approach to one of the most critical tasks of an operational DBA— performing, testing, and verifying backup and disaster recovery procedures.