Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-1.hub.org [200.46.208.211]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B43EC633D67 for ; Fri, 14 May 2010 17:17:33 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.211]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 47591-01 for ; Fri, 14 May 2010 20:17:22 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from spinlock.commandprompt.com (host-215.commandprompt.net [207.173.203.215]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AD6F633D64 for ; Fri, 14 May 2010 17:17:26 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spinlock.commandprompt.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1873B34803E; Fri, 14 May 2010 13:17:25 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at commandprompt.com Received: from spinlock.commandprompt.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (spinlock.commandprompt.com.commandprompt.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id o1u9VYkYFLjI; Fri, 14 May 2010 13:17:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (unknown [75.142.159.62]) by spinlock.commandprompt.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3E2BC348002; Fri, 14 May 2010 13:17:22 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: advanced backup tool From: "Joshua D. Drake" Reply-To: jd@commandprompt.com To: Anj Adu Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Organization: Command Prompt, Inc. Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 13:17:21 -0700 Message-ID: <1273868241.2455.70.camel@jd-desktop.unknown.charter.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 tagged_above=-10 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201005/162 X-Sequence-Number: 34635 On Fri, 2010-05-14 at 13:12 -0700, Anj Adu wrote: > Will any upcoming release of Postgres have an incremental backup tool > like Oracle's RMAN? Currently, the WAL based archiving requires many > frequent full backups (especially for large databases) as the replay > of a large number of WAL files will take a very long time. We have a > few databases each over 1Tb and are looking for effective > backup/recovery strategies. (Currently..we rely on specific partition > backups via COPY command)...but the process is cumbersome. > > RMAN's incremental backup effectively makes every incremental backup a > full backup which is a great time-saver during recovery. We accept patches, donations and sponsorship opportunities :) Joshua D. Drake -- PostgreSQL.org Major Contributor Command Prompt, Inc: http://www.commandprompt.com/ - 503.667.4564 Consulting, Training, Support, Custom Development, Engineering