Re: PostgreSQL capabilities

From: Dustin Sallings <dustin(at)spy(dot)net>
To: Ed Loehr <eloehr(at)austin(dot)rr(dot)com>
Cc: Alex Pilosov <alex(at)pilosoft(dot)com>, Mihai Gheorghiu <tanhq(at)bigplanet(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)hub(dot)org
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL capabilities
Date: 2000-05-31 17:35:29
Message-ID: Pine.SGI.3.95.1000531103456.19100A-100000@bleu.west.spy.net
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On Wed, 31 May 2000, Ed Loehr wrote:

# Hmmm. My backup procedure, based on earlier discussions in this group,
# involves blocking all write-access during a pg_dump. That is
# effectively shutting down the database from my perspective. Is there a
# quicker way to take a consistent snapshot while still allowing writes?

Use a filesystem that supports snapshotting.

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