| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "Thomas F(dot) O'Connell" <tfo(at)sitening(dot)com> |
| Cc: | PgSQL General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: pg_dump in a production environment |
| Date: | 2005-05-24 04:12:35 |
| Message-ID: | 16825.1116907955@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Thomas F. O'Connell" <tfo(at)sitening(dot)com> writes:
> I'd like to use pg_dump to grab a live backup and, based on the
> documentation, this would seem to be a realistic possibility. When I
> try, though, during business hours, when people are frequently
> logging in and otherwise using the application, the application
> becomes almost unusable (to the point where logins take on the order
> of minutes).
The pg_dump sources contain some comments about throttling the rate
at which data is pulled from the server, with a statement that this
idea was discussed during July 2000 and eventually dropped. Perhaps
you can think of a better implementation.
regards, tom lane
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