How to restore backups without using xbcloud

MySQL & MariaDB Percona XtraBackup
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As per the new feature of FIFO DATA SINK, we can write data from xtrabackup to multiple pipes. Ref: FIFO data sink - Percona XtraBackup.

We have a software which can read from the fifo pipes and store the data into a storage system.
How can we use those files to restore.

-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 5019625592 Mar 6 00:36 thread_1.xbstream
prw-------. 1 root root 0 Mar 6 00:36 thread_1
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 6087227589 Mar 6 00:36 thread_0.xbstream
prw-------. 1 root root 0 Mar 6 00:36 thread_0

here thread_0 and thread_1 was opened by xtrabackup and i have read from those pipes and stored them in these 2 files (thread_0.xbstream and thread_1.xbstream). How can i now use those files to carry out restore?

Thanks

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If you have files in xbstream format, you can decompress them using xbstream tool directly.

Unpack the xbstream to a directory mkdir backup; xbstream -xv -C ./backup < backup.xbstream

3

If the software is not proprietary, can you please here for the beneift of community users? What is the benefit of using that software and not using xbcloud ?