Re: Backup/Restore of single table in multi TB database

From: Francisco Reyes <lists(at)stringsutils(dot)com>
To: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: John Smith <sodgodofall(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Backup/Restore of single table in multi TB database
Date: 2008-07-19 00:25:50
Message-ID: 4881348E.3050002@stringsutils.com
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Simon Riggs wrote:
> Have a look at pg_snapclone. It's specifically designed to significantly
> improve dump times for very large objects.
>
> http://pgfoundry.org/projects/snapclone/
>
Also, in case the original poster is not aware, by default pg_dump
allows to backup single tables.
Just add -t <table name>.

Does pg_snapclone works mostly on large rows or will it also be faster
than pg_dump for narrow tables?

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