Re: pg_restore scan

From: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
To: R Wahyudi <rwahyudi(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_restore scan
Date: 2025-09-16 22:36:00
Message-ID: d39f835e-80dd-4e9f-8a19-c9af363be6d6@aklaver.com
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On 9/16/25 15:25, R Wahyudi wrote:
>
> I'm trying to troubleshoot the slowness issue with pg_restore and
> stumbled across a recent post about pg_restore scanning the whole file :
>
> > "scanning happens in a very inefficient way, with many seek calls and
> small block reads. Try strace to see them. This initial phase can take
> hours in a huge dump file, before even starting any actual restoration."
> see : https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/E48B611D-7D61-4575-A820-
> B2C3EC2E0551%40gmx.net <https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/
> E48B611D-7D61-4575-A820-B2C3EC2E0551%40gmx.net>

This was for pg_dump output that was streamed to a Borg archive and as
result had no object offsets in the TOC.

How are you doing your pg_dump?

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Adrian Klaver
adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com

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