From: Ron <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com>
To: Evan Bauer <evanbauer@mac.com>
Cc: pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: More efficient pg_restore method?
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 12:00:24 -0500
Message-ID: <f6ef298d-fe2f-384d-6be7-0215c579bc42@gmail.com> (raw)
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On 08/28/2018 11:57 AM, Evan Bauer wrote:
> Ron,
>
> A couple of starting questions:
>
> 1. What is the size and latency of the network pipe between the primary
> and backup servers?
>
10Gb WAN. Don't know the latency.
> 1. What is the size of the database you need to restore?
>
6.5TB dump directory, 3.0TB data/base directory.
> 1. Is there a reason not to do a network copy of the backup directory
> contents to the database server and run the pg_restore locally?
>
Option #3!!! I'll research that.
>
> Cheers,
>
> - Evan
>
> Evan Bauer
> eb@evanbauer.com <mailto:eb@evanbauer.com>
> +1 646 641 2973
> Skype: evanbauer
>
>
>> On Aug 28, 2018, at 12:48, Ron <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com
>> <mailto:ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Pg 9.6.9 on Linux...
>>
>> Given a backup server storing a "format=directory" database backup, and a
>> database server, should I:
>>
>> Option #1: run pg_restore on the backup server and "push" the data to the
>> database server via port 5432, or
>> Option #2: have the backup server serve the dump directory via NFS, and
>> run pg_restore on the database server, pulling the data via nfs protocol?
>>
>> (It'll be a multi-threaded restore over a 10Gb pipe.)
>>
>> --
>> Angular momentum makes the world go 'round.
>>
>
--
Angular momentum makes the world go 'round.
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