Question

I have to transfer mysql data from my old server to new server. The tables are of very large sizes(approx 1.7GB). So, its a real pain to transfer them to new server. Exporting the file as sql file is not working.

Is there any other better and efficient method to do the same ?

Thanks !

Answer 1

1) You could simply copy the mysql folder in which the tables are, usually in locations like /var/lib/mysql

2) You could pipe the output of mysqldump to a compression program like gzip or bzip and transfer smaller files (see: http://www.ducea.com/2006/10/28/compressing-mysqldump-output/)

 mysqldump ...options... | gzip > outputfile.sql.gz