Re: Large Database Restore

From: Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Large Database Restore
Date: 2007-05-17 20:48:55
Message-ID: 464CBFB7.9080606@cox.net
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On 05/17/07 11:04, Jim C. Nasby wrote:
[snip]
>
> Ultimately though, once your database gets past a certain size, you
> really want to be using PITR and not pg_dump as your main recovery
> strategy.

But doesn't that just replay each transaction? It must manage the
index nodes during each update/delete/insert, and multiple UPDATE
statements means that you hit the same page over and over again.

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA

Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!

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