Re: pg_dump vs pg_basebackup - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: pg_dump vs pg_basebackup
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Msg-id 5331992D.9010603@commandprompt.com
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In response to Re: pg_dump vs pg_basebackup  (Claudio Freire <klaussfreire@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: pg_dump vs pg_basebackup  (desmodemone <desmodemone@gmail.com>)
Re: pg_dump vs pg_basebackup  (Ilya Kosmodemiansky <ilya.kosmodemiansky@postgresql-consulting.com>)
List pgsql-performance
On 03/25/2014 05:05 AM, Claudio Freire wrote:
>
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 4:39 AM, David Johnston <polobo@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Hai,
>>>
>>> Can anyone tell me the difference and performance between pgdump and
>>> pg_basebackup if I want to backup a large database.
>>>

Honestly,

Neither is particularly good at backing up large databases. I would look
into PITR with rsync.

JD


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