Hello all, I will experiment with -Fc (custom). The file is already growing very large.
I am running this: ./pg_dump -t RECORDER -Fc postgres | gzip > /tmp/dump
Are there any other options for large tables to run faster and occupy less disk space?
Yes, do not double compress. -Fc already compresses the file.
Right. But I'd say "use custom format but do not compress with pg_dump". Use the -Z0 option to disable compression, and use an external multi-threaded tool such as pigz or pbzip2 to get faster and better compression.
