Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WSSmY-0003Ik-5i for pgsql-performance@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 14:56:50 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WSSmX-0001KV-MQ for pgsql-performance@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 14:56:49 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:7903:4::125]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WSSmW-0001KP-RV for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 14:56:49 +0000 Received: from lists.commandprompt.com ([69.168.55.30]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WSSmT-0008FE-5E for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 14:56:47 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.5] (spinlock.commandprompt.com [69.168.55.30]) by lists.commandprompt.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id C3A22719; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 07:56:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.5] ([71.95.106.58] helo=[192.168.1.5]) by assp.commandprompt.com with ESMTPS(AES128-SHA) (2.1.1); 25 Mar 2014 07:56:43 -0700 Message-ID: <5331992D.9010603@commandprompt.com> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 07:56:45 -0700 From: "Joshua D. Drake" Organization: Command Prompt, Inc. User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Claudio Freire , David Johnston CC: postgres performance list Subject: Re: pg_dump vs pg_basebackup References: <1395722709.28433.YahooMailNeo@web161601.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <1395733159787-5797364.post@n5.nabble.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Assp-Version: 2.1.1(11364) on assp.commandprompt.com X-Assp-Client-SSL: yes X-Assp-ID: assp.commandprompt.com m1-59403-01334 X-Assp-Envelope-From: jd@commandprompt.com X-Assp-Intended-For: klaussfreire@gmail.com X-Assp-Original-Subject: Re: [PERFORM] pg_dump vs pg_basebackup X-Pg-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-performance Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-performance-owner@postgresql.org On 03/25/2014 05:05 AM, Claudio Freire wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 4:39 AM, David Johnston wrote: >>> Hai, >>> >>> Can anyone tell me the difference and performance between pgdump and >>> pg_basebackup if I want to backup a large database. >>> Honestly, Neither is particularly good at backing up large databases. I would look into PITR with rsync. JD -- Command Prompt, Inc. - http://www.commandprompt.com/ 509-416-6579 PostgreSQL Support, Training, Professional Services and Development High Availability, Oracle Conversion, Postgres-XC, @cmdpromptinc Political Correctness is for cowards. -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance