| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Patrick Macdonald <patrickm(at)redhat(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Martin Marques <martin(at)bugs(dot)unl(dot)edu(dot)ar>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Incremental backup |
| Date: | 2003-02-13 22:56:46 |
| Message-ID: | 200302132256.h1DMukQ26358@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Patrick Macdonald wrote:
> > But why would someone want incremental backups compared to PITR? The
> > backup would be mixture of INSERTS, UPDATES, and DELETES, right? Seems
> > pretty weird. :-)
>
> Yeah, it's a different method of producing a similar outcome. However, many
> companies do not want to be concerned with the management (and space)
> of archived logs. Incremental backup allows them the option of performing
> a full backup and then only backing up the modifications on a regular basis.
> When it's time to restore, they'll restore the full backup and then the
> proper sequence of incremental backups.
Wow, I never even thought that was possible. Do other db's support that
feature?
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