From: | "Marc Mamin" <M(dot)Mamin(at)intershop(dot)de> |
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To: | "Tino Schwarze" <postgresql(at)tisc(dot)de>, <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: pg_dump custom format and pigz |
Date: | 2009-10-24 12:08:08 |
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>Well, that would mean linking pg_dump with the library providing the compression you want. I suppose, only data is compressed, not the whole dump, e.g. dumping without compression then compressing is different from dumping with compression.
Yep,
I have no skill in C programming, but wouldn't it be a good idea to add/integrate the pigz source in pg_dump ? There is a least no concern to have about the License.
regards,
Marc
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From: pgsql-admin-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org [mailto:pgsql-admin-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Tino Schwarze
Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 4:25 PM
To: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] pg_dump custom format and pigz
Hi Marc,
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 03:52:16PM +0200, Marc Mamin wrote:
> > You might add pigz as a post-processing step and disabling compression in pg_dump.
>
> The problem with this solution is that it make it necessary to
> decompress the dump entirely before using pg_restore (or did I miss a
> point ?) This is an issue as our uncompressed dumps may reach 3-500
> GB...
Right, that would not work.
> A better way would be to have a configuration option to tell which
> compression tool should be used internally by pg_dump.
Well, that would mean linking pg_dump with the library providing the compression you want. I suppose, only data is compressed, not the whole dump, e.g. dumping without compression then compressing is different from dumping with compression.
Tino.
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