Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA81664FD2D for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:32:50 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 94564-10 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:32:47 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from lists.commandprompt.com (host-159.commandprompt.net [207.173.203.159]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0533964FD12 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:32:46 -0300 (ADT) Received: from commandprompt.com (CPE001b63afe888-CM001adea9c5a6.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [99.236.211.160]) (authenticated bits=0) by lists.commandprompt.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m7RFZkef005765 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:35:49 -0700 Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:32:38 -0400 From: Andrew Sullivan To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Dumping/Restoring with constraints? Message-ID: <20080827153237.GN16754@commandprompt.com> Mail-Followup-To: Andrew Sullivan , pgsql-general@postgresql.org References: <22708.1219845242@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20080827102403.dc69c802.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <20080827103429.081e93a1.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0 (lists.commandprompt.com [207.173.203.159]); Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:35:50 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=none X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200808/958 X-Sequence-Number: 136788 On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 10:40:41PM +0800, Phoenix Kiula wrote: > Thanks. But there seems to be a tangible slowdown of DB operations > during the time that pg_dump is running. Yes. Pg_dump copies all the data out, so it puts load on your database and disks. A -- Andrew Sullivan ajs@commandprompt.com +1 503 667 4564 x104 http://www.commandprompt.com/