Re: PGbackrest very slow! - Mailing list pgsql-admin

Hi,

Kindly try changing below mentioned parameters.

Parallel-process=      -- based on the CPU CORE
compress-type=lz4
compress-level=       -- based on the CPU CORE

Thanks & Regards

Dinesh Nair

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From: Pär Mattsson <par.x.mattsson@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: PGbackrest very slow!

 

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Thanks I will test that!

Br Pär

Mvh Pär

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> On Oct 23, 2025, at 2:59 AM, Pär Mattsson <par.x.mattsson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> ...
> The backup of 50GB took 40 min.
> It is not a network issue. I tested to transfer 2GB between two host and it took 4 sec.
>
> I think backup-standby=y slows down the backup out of all minds.
>
> Br Pär

pgbackrest defaults to gzip compression, which is slow--try lz4 and see what happens