InnoDB?

[Michael A. Toth]

Hi Ask,

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 12:16 PM, Ask Bjørn Hansen <ask at develooper.com> wrote:
>
>  InnoDB.

Okay, thanks.

> Because it won't lock on a high number of queries.   Because it's much
> harder to corrupt when the server crashes.  Because it's much easier to use
> the resources the box provides.  Because it is easier to backup.

I understand everything, except the latest. Easier to backup? How can
I backup easily a single 10+ GB data file? mysqlhotcopy works with
myisam tables only. innodbhotcopy is a commercial product. Should I
use LVM snapshot?

Thanks,
Michael