On 4/2/2014 11:07 AM, fburgess(at)radiantblue(dot)com wrote:
> We want to do this because our database is 7TB and takes 4-5 to backup
> and 8-9 days to restore to the standby server.
that might be true for pg_dump/pg_restore type backups, but the initial
copy made for streaming replication is a file system copy/clone.
how long does pg_basebackup take with your system operational?
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