| From: | Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | John Smith <sodgodofall(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Backup/Restore of single table in multi TB database |
| Date: | 2008-05-07 21:28:44 |
| Message-ID: | 1210195724.4268.231.camel@ebony.site |
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On Wed, 2008-05-07 at 13:02 -0700, John Smith wrote:
> I have a large database (multiple TBs) where I'd like to be able to do
> a backup/restore of just a particular table (call it foo). Because
> the database is large, the time for a full backup would be
> prohibitive. Also, whatever backup mechanism we do use needs to keep
> the system online (i.e., users must still be allowed to update table
> foo while we're taking the backup).
Have a look at pg_snapclone. It's specifically designed to significantly
improve dump times for very large objects.
http://pgfoundry.org/projects/snapclone/
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Simon Riggs
2ndQuadrant http://www.2ndQuadrant.com
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