The problem...

A PHP-Script has a maximum of executiontime; anything after above the limit (Usually sets to 30 seconds) willresult in losing data. Such behavior renders large database backupimpossible. Perhaps you already noticed how much of a problem it couldbe while using other tools.

MySQLDumper fills a gap …

        MySQLDumper is a backupscript for MySQL-Databases, written in PHP and Perl.    

MySQLDumper uses a proprietary technique to avoid executioninterruption. It only reads and saves a certain amount of commands andthen calls itself via JavaScript and memorizes how far in the processit was and resumes its action from its last standby.

MySQLDumper restores a backup file by using the same process. Unlikeother tools splitting and splicing of large files is no longernecessary.

MySQLDumper offers to write data directly into acompressed gz-File. The Restore-Script is able to read this filedirectly without unpacking it. Of course you can use it withoutcompression, however using Gzip saves a sizeable amount of bandwidth.

Requirement: None
Cost: Free
Link: http://www.mysqldumper.de/en/