Backup Method - Mailing list pgsql-general

From howardnews@selestial.com
Subject Backup Method
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Msg-id 55965D15.9060206@selestial.com
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Responses Re: Backup Method  (Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume@lelarge.info>)
Re: Backup Method  (Andreas Joseph Krogh <andreas@visena.com>)
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Hi everyone,

I am reaching the point with my database backups where the backups are
taking too long, and starting to interfere with running of the system
during the day. So I am looking for a bit of sage advice as to how to
proceed.

For a typical server, I have a single database cluster with multiple
database that I backup nightly using sequential pg_dumps to NFS.

So what I am looking for is a backup regime with less impact that will
run overnight but faster or less impact than the pg_dump.

Would a file system backup be the better option in PITR format, or is
pg_dumpall more efficient than pg_dump?

Look forward to your advice.

Howard.


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