Xtrabackup option => --decompress-threads

Hi there,
can i decompress the compressed backup using option --decompress-threads…Is this a vaild option …?

$ sudo xtrabackup --decompress --parallel=16 --decompress-threads=16 --target-dir=/home/test1/vol-backup/mysql/emp --remove-original

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Hi @AneeshBabu

Yes, --decompress-threads is a a valid flag for xtrabackup (See docs).

As for --parallel=16, you may need to use copy-back as well for it to work, because that’s used for copying the files back to the datadir. (See docs).

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