X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40B189DCCA8 for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 17:25:33 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 29583-08 for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 17:25:29 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from mail.mi8.com (d01gw02.mi8.com [63.240.6.46]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96EF19DCC8F for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 17:25:30 -0400 (AST) Received: from 172.16.1.25 by mail.mi8.com with ESMTP (- Welcome to Mi8 Corporation www.Mi8.com (D2)); Fri, 02 Dec 2005 16:25:28 -0500 X-Server-Uuid: 7829E76E-BB9E-4995-8473-3C0929DF7DD1 Received: from MI8NYCMAIL06.Mi8.com ([172.16.1.160]) by D01HOST03.Mi8.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 2 Dec 2005 16:24:33 -0500 Received: from 67.103.45.218 ([67.103.45.218]) by MI8NYCMAIL06.Mi8.com ( [172.16.1.219]) via Exchange Front-End Server mi8owa.mi8.com ( [172.16.1.104]) with Microsoft Exchange Server HTTP-DAV ; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 21:24:32 +0000 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.2.1.051004 Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 13:24:31 -0800 Subject: Re: Database restore speed From: "Luke Lonergan" To: "Stephen Frost" cc: "David Lang" , "Steve Oualline" , pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Message-ID: Thread-Topic: [PERFORM] Database restore speed Thread-Index: AcX3hgX4DADgfrd4RAWuo4H4HBe4FgAAMJyI In-Reply-To: <20051202211925.GF6026@ns.snowman.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Dec 2005 21:24:33.0671 (UTC) FILETIME=[CA01A170:01C5F786] X-WSS-ID: 6F8E644D4J85194454-05-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.253 required=5 tests=[AWL=-0.000, RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO=1.253] X-Spam-Score: 1.253 X-Spam-Level: * X-Archive-Number: 200512/81 X-Sequence-Number: 15902 Stephen, On 12/2/05 1:19 PM, "Stephen Frost" wrote: > I've used the binary mode stuff before, sure, Postgres may have to > convert some things but I have a hard time believing it'd be more > expensive to do a network_encoding -> host_encoding (or toasting, or > whatever) than to do the ascii -> binary change.