Re: Is It Too Big ? - Customer Data Warehouse Growth

From: Mark kirkwood <markir(at)slingshot(dot)co(dot)nz>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Is It Too Big ? - Customer Data Warehouse Growth
Date: 2002-01-19 04:44:11
Message-ID: 1011415452.1658.6.camel@spikey.slithery.org
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On Fri, 2002-01-18 at 03:33, Tom Lane wrote:

> The prospect of having to dump this database for backup seems a tad
> daunting. What are you using for a backup device?
>
The backup scenario is currently:

pg_dump to local disk, copy the archive to another machine put on a dlt
(alt-? have to check) tape.

I dont think the dumping to disk + copying is going to be sustainable,
but the customer likes the idea of the backup being immediately
available.

regards

Mark

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