X-Original-To: pgsql-admin-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98B405338F for ; Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:02:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 23346-10 for ; Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:02:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from neit5.nsserver.net (neit5.nsserver.net [205.214.88.128]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F73453348 for ; Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:02:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from adsl-68-22-113-22.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net ([68.22.113.22] helo=homepc) by neit5.nsserver.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1DECzJ-0002V7-4b; Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:02:01 -0500 From: "Joseph M. Day" To: "'Naomi Walker'" Cc: Subject: Re: Backup Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 15:01:46 -0600 Organization: Global Innovative Solutions Message-ID: <007401c52feb$8ae85870$6402a8c0@homepc> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 In-Reply-To: <4241D6CC.3070202@eldocomp.com> Importance: Normal X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - neit5.nsserver.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - postgresql.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - gisolutions.us X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.001 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200503/370 X-Sequence-Number: 16868 Joseph M. Day wrote: >> I am trying to convert a MSSQL DB thats roughly 45GB, to Postgres. I >> am >> trying to find the equivalent of Full / Incremental / Differential >> backups. It looks like pg_dump is the equivalent of a full backup, but >> how do I keep the equivalent of a Incremental, or Differential backup. >> >> To keep the same functionality, I will need a full backup once a week, >> and a differential once a day. >> >At this time, there is nothing less than full backups. -- Thanks Naomi. Is there anybody using this for large DB's? Anything larger than a couple hundred GB, it would be impractical to make full backups everyday. Anyone out there using this for large DB's, if so I'd love to hear how they are dealing with backups. Joe,