X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C15811F6210 for ; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 17:23:37 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 51634-06 for ; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 17:23:29 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF1FE11F60BC for ; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 17:23:27 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k3TKNNEX006111; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 16:23:23 -0400 (EDT) To: Eric Lam cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Slow restoration question In-reply-to: <444F24E9.2010907@lisasoft.com> References: <444F24E9.2010907@lisasoft.com> Comments: In-reply-to Eric Lam message dated "Wed, 26 Apr 2006 17:14:41 +0930" Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 16:23:23 -0400 Message-ID: <6110.1146342203@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200604/695 X-Sequence-Number: 18779 Eric Lam writes: > what is the quickest way of dumping a DB and restoring it? I have done a > "pg_dump -D database | split --line-bytes 1546m part" Don't use "-D" if you want fast restore ... regards, tom lane