| From: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> |
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| To: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: WIP patch for parallel pg_dump |
| Date: | 2010-12-02 18:18:45 |
| Message-ID: | 4CF7E305.7060102@agliodbs.com |
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>> Now, if only I could think of some way to write a parallel dump to a
>> set of pipes, I'd be in heaven.
>
> The only way I can see that working sanely would be to have a program
> gathering stuff at the other end of the pipes, and ensuring it was all
> coherent. That would be a huge growth in scope for this, and I seriously
> doubt it's worth it.
Oh, no question. And there's workarounds ... sshfs, for example. I'm
just thinking of the ad-hoc parallel backup I'm running today, which
relies heavily on pipes.
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-- Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
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