Re: Is It Too Big ? - Customer Data Warehouse Growth - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Mark kirkwood
Subject Re: Is It Too Big ? - Customer Data Warehouse Growth
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Msg-id 1011415452.1658.6.camel@spikey.slithery.org
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In response to Re: Is It Too Big ? - Customer Data Warehouse Growth Projection  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Is It Too Big ? - Customer Data Warehouse Growth  ("Command Prompt, Inc." <pgsql-general@commandprompt.com>)
Re: Is It Too Big ? - Customer Data Warehouse Growth  (mordicus <mordicus@free.fr>)
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On Fri, 2002-01-18 at 03:33, Tom Lane wrote:

> The prospect of having to dump this database for backup seems a tad
> daunting.  What are you using for a backup device?
>
The backup scenario is currently:

pg_dump to local disk, copy the archive to another machine put on a dlt
(alt-? have to check) tape.

I dont think the dumping to disk + copying is going to be sustainable,
but the customer likes the idea of the backup being immediately
available.

regards

Mark




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