Re: Fastest way to duplicate a quite large database - Mailing list pgsql-general

From John R Pierce
Subject Re: Fastest way to duplicate a quite large database
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Msg-id 570D0A3C.4040703@hogranch.com
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In response to Fastest way to duplicate a quite large database  (Edson Richter <edsonrichter@hotmail.com>)
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On 4/12/2016 7:25 AM, Edson Richter wrote:
>
> I have a database "Customer" with about 60Gb of data.
> I know I can backup and restore, but this seems too slow.
>
> Is there any other option to duplicate this database as "CustomerTest"
> as fast as possible (even fastar than backup/restore) - better if in
> one operation (something like "copy database A to B")?
> I would like to run this everyday, overnight, with minimal impact to
> prepare a test environment based on production data.


copy to the same machine, or copy to a different test server? different
answers.



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john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz



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