| From: | Erik Jones <erik(at)myemma(dot)com> |
|---|---|
| To: | Gabor Siklos <gabor(at)karamaan(dot)com> |
| Cc: | <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Best backup setup |
| Date: | 2008-04-24 14:21:22 |
| Message-ID: | 705E0B06-FA51-4A21-BAB7-718160B2B7F6@myemma.com |
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On Apr 23, 2008, at 10:03 AM, Gabor Siklos wrote:
> I need to back up our database off-site for disaster recovery. If I
> just back up the entire database data directory (i.e. /var/lib/pgsql/
> data) will I be able to restore from there? Or should I instead just
> dump the data, using pg_dump, and back up the dump?
>
> The advantage of the first method would be that I would not have to
> wait for pg_dump (it takes quite long on our 60G+ database) and
> would just be able to configure the backup agent to monitor the data
> directory and do differential backups of the files there every hour
> or so.
>
> Your suggestions are much appreciated!
>
Are you repeating this question for which you previously received
answers? Or, is the list server repeating messages?
Erik Jones
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