Hi Team,
We are currently planning a data archival initiative for our production PostgreSQL databases and would appreciate suggestions or insights from the community regarding best practices and proven approaches.
**Scenario:**
- We have a few large tables (several hundred million rows) where we want to archive historical data (e.g., older than 1 year).
- The archived data should be moved to a separate PostgreSQL database (on a same or different server).
- Our goals are: efficient data movement, minimal downtime, and safe deletion from the source after successful archival.
- PostgreSQL version: 15.12
- Both source and target databases are PostgreSQL.
We explored using `COPY TO` and `COPY FROM` with CSV files, uploaded to a SharePoint or similar storage system. However, our infrastructure team raised concerns around the computational load of large CSV processing and potential security implications with file transfers.
We’d like to understand:
- What approaches have worked well for you in practice?
- Are there specific tools or strategies you’d recommend for ongoing archival?
- Any performance or consistency issues we should watch out for?
Your insights or any relevant documentation/pointers would be immensely helpful.
Thanks in advance for your guidance!
Best regards,
Ramzy
