What is BinaryStor?

Is it a protocol, a methodology or just a cool name?

BinaryStor initially started life as a concept for the storage and retrieval of binary data (pretty much anything). That idea has not gone away and the concept still stands.

More recently however I have been toying with the idea of a more focused service, the focus being a Database Tools.

The first step in this direction is a port of the MySQL Dump tool, to a Java class – MySQLDump.java. That class helped spawn dbRecorder, a database change management tool.

The next step will be to progress onto PostgreSQLDump.java another java class that can be used to extend dbRecorder to add support for PostgreSQL and paving the way for other database products.

Other tools in the pipeline include osRecorder – it does exactly what dbRecorder does, but this time recording your config files and system configuration. With osRecorder you’ll know when something changed underneath your DB.