Releases an add-on module in May to enable its data protection software to backup online MySQL databases running on Linux-based servers.

Righteous Software, a disk-based backup solutions provider, today announced that it will release an add-on module in May to enable its line of data protection software to backup online MySQL databases running on Linux-based servers.

According to the company, the module, available as a premium add-on to the company's existing CDP Server for Linux, creates frequent disaster recovery restore points for MySQL databases—with the ability to store 100 recovery points per day. Each recovery point is a point-in-time snapshot of the database, and administrators can revert the database to any stored recovery point via a simple, point-and-click interface.

"Legacy backup solutions, such as tape backup or rsync, require server administrators to conduct data back ups at large intervals, such as nightly or weekly. With MySQL databases, the problem is exemplified, because database administrators often have to perform full dumps of the database while it is offline to avoid interrupting constant SQL transactions," said David Wartell, R1Soft Founder and CEO. "We have solved this problem by introducing the first-ever backup solution that provides hands-off, near-continuous data protection for MySQL. In essence, we have shrunk the database backup window to nearly zero."