# Issues with incremental MariaDB backups setup

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/issues-with-incremental-mariadb-backups-setup/37209>\
**Category:** MySQL & MariaDB\
**Created:** [March 16, 2025, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/issues-with-incremental-mariadb-backups-setup/37209 "2025-03-16T06:27:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Larisa\_Avagyan1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/larisa_avagyan1/32/20470_2.png) [@Larisa\_Avagyan1](https://forums.percona.com/u/Larisa_Avagyan1)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/issues-with-incremental-mariadb-backups-setup/37209/1 "2025-03-16T06:27:50Z")

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Hey everyone,

Been trying to automate MySQL backups, but it’s been a mess for me. I set up this simple script:

mysqldump -u root -p’mypassword’ mydatabase | gzip \> /backups/db\_backup.sql.gz  
But backup takes forever on my large DB. How do you guys automate MySQL backups without killing performance? Any tools or tricks that actually work well?

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**Author:** ![dogs\_Cute](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/dogs_cute/32/12754_2.png) [@dogs\_Cute](https://forums.percona.com/u/dogs_Cute)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/issues-with-incremental-mariadb-backups-setup/37209/2 "2025-03-16T12:59:22Z")

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Choose pxb or mariadb-backup according to different versions. for mariadb

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**Author:** ![kedarpercona](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/kedarpercona/32/809_2.png) [@kedarpercona](https://forums.percona.com/u/kedarpercona)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/issues-with-incremental-mariadb-backups-setup/37209/3 "2025-03-16T14:43:56Z")

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Hi Sam,

There’s a blog from Vinicius comparing blackup tools: [Backup/Restore Performance Conclusion: mysqldump vs MySQL Shell Utilities vs mydumper vs mysqlpump vs XtraBackup](https://www.percona.com/blog/backup-restore-performance-conclusion-mysqldump-vs-mysql-shell-utilities-vs-mydumper-vs-mysqlpump-vs-xtrabackup/)

But yes, xtrabackup for physical backups and mydumper for logical parallel backups on passive server is the way to go.

Thanks,  
K