Re: File system level backup

From: "Ganesan Kanavathy" <ganesh(at)magnusquest(dot)com>
To: <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: File system level backup
Date: 2003-10-22 01:12:40
Message-ID: 004901c39839$9b0eebb0$1300a8c0@headquarters.mq.com
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Please help me with question. So far no replies.

Regards,
ganesh

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From: pgsql-admin-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
[mailto:pgsql-admin-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Ganesan Kanavathy
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 5:14 PM
To: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: [ADMIN] File system level backup

Dear all,

All the while I was doing pg_dump as backup method for my pgsql db.
Today I came across File system level backup on Postgresql
Documentation.

After reading it, I am quite unsure whether File system level backup is
better than pg_dump.

Furthermore, do we really need to do File system level backup or pg_dump
is good enough?

Any suggestion is much appreciated.

Regards,
ganesh

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