Re: block-level incremental backup

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: block-level incremental backup
Date: 2019-04-10 19:42:47
Message-ID: 2319f383-2d9e-17e2-3f73-40132ffcab51@2ndquadrant.com
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On 2019-04-10 17:31, Robert Haas wrote:
> I think the way to think about this problem, or at least the way I
> think about this problem, is that we need to decide whether want
> file-level incremental backup, block-level incremental backup, or
> byte-level incremental backup.

That is a great analysis. Seems like block-level is the preferred way
forward.

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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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