Re: I don't want to back up index files - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Glen Parker
Subject Re: I don't want to back up index files
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Msg-id 49B9698E.5000102@nwlink.com
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In response to Re: I don't want to back up index files  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: I don't want to back up index files  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Glen Parker <glenebob@nwlink.com> writes:
>> We have yet to recover from a PG disaster.  We back up every night, and
>> never use the back ups for anything.  To me, it seems perfectly
>> reasonable to get a quicker back up every night, with the remote
>> possibility of ever having to pay the price for it.
>
> Why don't you just switch to a less frequent full-backup schedule?


Paranoia.  Others in the organization have pushed to keep up with the
nightly back ups, so that decision is mostly out of my hands.

-Glen


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