speeding up backup with -Fc -Z ? - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From FM
Subject speeding up backup with -Fc -Z ?
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Msg-id 4899F286.70509@lexum.umontreal.ca
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Hello,
During our backup, we are using pg_dump (sql format if no LO) and then
gzip to compress the sql file.
I read that the "custom" format can also compress ( -Z option) the dump.
Does someone use the latest to dump/compress backups ? Could it be a
good way to speed up the backup ?


Regards,


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