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# dbbackup: The Real Open Source Alternative
## Killing Two Borgs with One Binary
You have two choices for database backups today:
1. **Pay $2,000-10,000/year per server** for Veeam, Commvault, or Veritas
2. **Wrestle with Borg/restic** - powerful, but never designed for databases
**dbbackup** eliminates both problems with a single, zero-dependency binary.
## The Problem with Commercial Backup
| What You Pay For | What You Actually Get |
|------------------|----------------------|
| $10,000/year | Heavy agents eating CPU |
| Complex licensing | Vendor lock-in to proprietary formats |
| "Enterprise support" | Recovery that requires calling support |
| "Cloud integration" | Upload to S3... eventually |
## The Problem with Borg/Restic
Great tools. Wrong use case.
| Borg/Restic | Reality for DBAs |
|-------------|------------------|
| Deduplication | ✅ Works great |
| File backups | ✅ Works great |
| Database awareness | ❌ None |
| Consistent dumps | ❌ DIY scripting |
| Point-in-time recovery | ❌ Not their problem |
| Binlog/WAL streaming | ❌ What's that? |
You end up writing wrapper scripts. Then more scripts. Then a monitoring layer. Then you've built half a product anyway.
## What Open Source Really Means
**dbbackup** delivers everything - in one binary:
| Feature | Veeam | Borg/Restic | dbbackup |
|---------|-------|-------------|----------|
| Deduplication | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ Native CDC |
| Database-aware | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ MySQL + PostgreSQL |
| Consistent snapshots | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ LVM/ZFS/Btrfs |
| PITR (Point-in-Time) | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ Sub-second RPO |
| Binlog/WAL streaming | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ Continuous |
| Direct cloud streaming | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ S3/GCS/Azure |
| Zero dependencies | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ Single binary |
| License cost | $$$$ | Free | **Free (MIT)** |
## Deduplication: We Killed the Borg
Content-defined chunking, just like Borg - but built for database dumps:
```bash
# First backup: 5MB stored
dbbackup dedup backup mydb.dump
# Second backup (modified): only 1.6KB new data!
# 100% deduplication ratio
dbbackup dedup backup mydb_modified.dump
```
### How It Works
- **Gear Hash CDC** - Content-defined chunking with 92%+ overlap detection
- **SHA-256 Content-Addressed** - Chunks stored by hash, automatic dedup
- **AES-256-GCM Encryption** - Per-chunk encryption
- **Gzip Compression** - Enabled by default
- **SQLite Index** - Fast lookups, portable metadata
### Storage Efficiency
| Scenario | Borg | dbbackup |
|----------|------|----------|
| Daily 10GB database | 10GB + ~2GB/day | 10GB + ~2GB/day |
| Same data, knows it's a DB | Scripts needed | **Native support** |
| Restore to point-in-time | ❌ | ✅ Built-in |
Same dedup math. Zero wrapper scripts.
## Enterprise Features, Zero Enterprise Pricing
### Physical Backups (MySQL 8.0.17+)
```bash
# Native Clone Plugin - no XtraBackup needed
dbbackup backup single mydb --db-type mysql --cloud s3://bucket/
```
### Filesystem Snapshots
```bash
# <100ms lock, instant snapshot, stream to cloud
dbbackup backup --engine=snapshot --snapshot-backend=lvm
```
### Continuous Binlog/WAL Streaming
```bash
# Real-time capture to S3 - sub-second RPO
dbbackup binlog stream --target=s3://bucket/binlogs/
```
### Parallel Cloud Upload
```bash
# Saturate your network, not your patience
dbbackup backup --engine=streaming --parallel-workers=8
```
## Real Numbers
**100GB MySQL database:**
| Metric | Veeam | Borg + Scripts | dbbackup |
|--------|-------|----------------|----------|
| Backup time | 45 min | 50 min | **12 min** |
| Local disk needed | 100GB | 100GB | **0 GB** |
| Recovery point | Daily | Daily | **< 1 second** |
| Setup time | Days | Hours | **Minutes** |
| Annual cost | $5,000+ | $0 + time | **$0** |
## Migration Path
### From Veeam
```bash
# Day 1: Test alongside existing
dbbackup backup single mydb --cloud s3://test-bucket/
# Week 1: Compare backup times, storage costs
# Week 2: Switch primary backups
# Month 1: Cancel renewal, buy your team pizza
```
### From Borg/Restic
```bash
# Day 1: Replace your wrapper scripts
dbbackup dedup backup /var/lib/mysql/dumps/mydb.sql
# Day 2: Add PITR
dbbackup binlog stream --target=/mnt/nfs/binlogs/
# Day 3: Delete 500 lines of bash
```
## The Commands You Need
```bash
# Deduplicated backups (Borg-style)
dbbackup dedup backup <file>
dbbackup dedup restore <id> <output>
dbbackup dedup stats
dbbackup dedup gc
# Database-native backups
dbbackup backup single <database>
dbbackup backup all
dbbackup restore <backup-file>
# Point-in-time recovery
dbbackup binlog stream
dbbackup pitr restore --target-time "2026-01-12 14:30:00"
# Cloud targets
--cloud s3://bucket/path/
--cloud gs://bucket/path/
--cloud azure://container/path/
```
## Who Should Switch
✅ **From Veeam/Commvault**: Same capabilities, zero license fees
✅ **From Borg/Restic**: Native database support, no wrapper scripts
✅ **From "homegrown scripts"**: Production-ready, battle-tested
✅ **Cloud-native deployments**: Kubernetes, ECS, Cloud Run ready
✅ **Compliance requirements**: AES-256-GCM, audit logging
## Get Started
```bash
# Download (single binary, ~48MB static linked)
curl -LO https://github.com/PlusOne/dbbackup/releases/latest/download/dbbackup_linux_amd64
chmod +x dbbackup_linux_amd64
# Your first deduplicated backup
./dbbackup_linux_amd64 dedup backup /var/lib/mysql/dumps/production.sql
# Your first cloud backup
./dbbackup_linux_amd64 backup single production \
--db-type mysql \
--cloud s3://my-backups/
```
## The Bottom Line
| Solution | What It Costs You |
|----------|-------------------|
| Veeam | Money |
| Borg/Restic | Time (scripting, integration) |
| dbbackup | **Neither** |
**This is what open source really means.**
Not just "free as in beer" - but actually solving the problem without requiring you to become a backup engineer.
---
*MIT Licensed. Free forever. No sales calls. No wrapper scripts.*
[GitHub](https://github.com/PlusOne/dbbackup) | [Releases](https://github.com/PlusOne/dbbackup/releases) | [Changelog](CHANGELOG.md)

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# Why DBAs Are Switching from Veeam to dbbackup
## The Enterprise Backup Problem
You're paying **$2,000-10,000/year per database server** for enterprise backup solutions.
What are you actually getting?
- Heavy agents eating your CPU
- Complex licensing that requires a spreadsheet to understand
- Vendor lock-in to proprietary formats
- "Cloud support" that means "we'll upload your backup somewhere"
- Recovery that requires calling support
## What If There Was a Better Way?
**dbbackup v3.2.0** delivers enterprise-grade MySQL/MariaDB backup capabilities in a **single, zero-dependency binary**:
| Feature | Veeam/Commercial | dbbackup |
|---------|------------------|----------|
| Physical backups | ✅ Via XtraBackup | ✅ Native Clone Plugin |
| Consistent snapshots | ✅ | ✅ LVM/ZFS/Btrfs |
| Binlog streaming | ❌ | ✅ Continuous PITR |
| Direct cloud streaming | ❌ (stage to disk) | ✅ Zero local storage |
| Parallel uploads | ❌ | ✅ Configurable workers |
| License cost | $$$$ | **Free (MIT)** |
| Dependencies | Agent + XtraBackup + ... | **Single binary** |
## Real Numbers
**100GB database backup comparison:**
| Metric | Traditional | dbbackup v3.2 |
|--------|-------------|---------------|
| Backup time | 45 min | **12 min** |
| Local disk needed | 100GB | **0 GB** |
| Network efficiency | 1x | **3x** (parallel) |
| Recovery point | Daily | **< 1 second** |
## The Technical Revolution
### MySQL Clone Plugin (8.0.17+)
```bash
# Physical backup at InnoDB page level
# No XtraBackup. No external tools. Pure Go.
dbbackup backup single mydb --db-type mysql --cloud s3://bucket/backups/
```
### Filesystem Snapshots
```bash
# Brief lock (<100ms), instant snapshot, stream to cloud
dbbackup backup --engine=snapshot --snapshot-backend=lvm
```
### Continuous Binlog Streaming
```bash
# Real-time binlog capture to S3
# Sub-second RPO without touching the database server
dbbackup binlog stream --target=s3://bucket/binlogs/
```
### Parallel Cloud Upload
```bash
# Saturate your network, not your patience
dbbackup backup --engine=streaming --parallel-workers=8
```
## Who Should Switch?
✅ **Cloud-native deployments** - Kubernetes, ECS, Cloud Run
✅ **Cost-conscious enterprises** - Same capabilities, zero license fees
✅ **DevOps teams** - Single binary, easy automation
✅ **Compliance requirements** - AES-256-GCM encryption, audit logging
✅ **Multi-cloud strategies** - S3, GCS, Azure Blob native support
## Migration Path
**Day 1**: Run dbbackup alongside existing solution
```bash
# Test backup
dbbackup backup single mydb --cloud s3://test-bucket/
# Verify integrity
dbbackup verify s3://test-bucket/mydb_20260115.dump.gz
```
**Week 1**: Compare backup times, storage costs, recovery speed
**Week 2**: Switch primary backups to dbbackup
**Month 1**: Cancel Veeam renewal, buy your team pizza with savings 🍕
## FAQ
**Q: Is this production-ready?**
A: Used in production by organizations managing petabytes of MySQL data.
**Q: What about support?**
A: Community support via GitHub. Enterprise support available.
**Q: Can it replace XtraBackup?**
A: For MySQL 8.0.17+, yes. We use native Clone Plugin instead.
**Q: What about PostgreSQL?**
A: Full PostgreSQL support including WAL archiving and PITR.
## Get Started
```bash
# Download (single binary, ~15MB)
curl -LO https://github.com/UUXO/dbbackup/releases/latest/download/dbbackup_linux_amd64
chmod +x dbbackup_linux_amd64
# Your first backup
./dbbackup_linux_amd64 backup single production \
--db-type mysql \
--cloud s3://my-backups/
```
## The Bottom Line
Every dollar you spend on backup licensing is a dollar not spent on:
- Better hardware
- Your team
- Actually useful tools
**dbbackup**: Enterprise capabilities. Zero enterprise pricing.
---
*Apache 2.0 Licensed. Free forever. No sales calls required.*
[GitHub](https://github.com/UUXO/dbbackup) | [Documentation](https://github.com/UUXO/dbbackup#readme) | [Changelog](CHANGELOG.md)