Re: pg_basebackup compression TODO item

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_basebackup compression TODO item
Date: 2016-03-03 17:36:19
Message-ID: 56D87613.1030902@commandprompt.com
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On 03/03/2016 09:23 AM, Jeff Janes wrote:
> Since SSL compression seems to be a busted flush, I would like to see
> pg_basebackup be able to do compression on the server end, not just
> the client end, in order to spare network bandwidth.
>
> Any comments on how hard this would be, or why we don't want it?

We want it and we want it over multiple workers.

JD

>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
>
>

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