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 E4248535D5 for ; Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:20:18 +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 32358-02 for ; Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:20:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from expredir6.cites.uiuc.edu (expredir6.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.5.97]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63D82535D3 for ; Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:20:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from firefox.cites.uiuc.edu (firefox.ci.uiuc.edu [192.17.25.8]) by expredir6.cites.uiuc.edu (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j2NLK95T023977; Wed, 23 Mar 2005 15:20:09 -0600 (CST) Received: by firefox.cites.uiuc.edu (Postfix, from userid 79964) id CE32A3638BC; Wed, 23 Mar 2005 15:20:10 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 15:20:10 -0600 From: "Jay A. Kreibich" To: "Joseph M. Day" Cc: "'Naomi Walker'" , pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Backup Message-ID: <20050323212010.GB18821@uiuc.edu> Reply-To: jak@uiuc.edu References: <4241D6CC.3070202@eldocomp.com> <007401c52feb$8ae85870$6402a8c0@homepc> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <007401c52feb$8ae85870$6402a8c0@homepc> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-URL: http://www.uiuc.edu/~jak (includes PGP key) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests= X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200503/373 X-Sequence-Number: 16871 > 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. You might want to have a look at this: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/backup-online.html -j -- Jay A. Kreibich | CommTech, Emrg Net Tech Svcs jak@uiuc.edu | Campus IT & Edu Svcs | University of Illinois at U/C