Re: Large Database Restore

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Yes, but that's not always a valid assumption.

And still PITR must update the index at each "insert", which is much
slower than the "bulk load then create index" of pg_dump.

On 05/17/07 16:01, Ben wrote:
> Yes, but the implication is that large databases probably don't update
> every row between backup periods.
>
> On Thu, 17 May 2007, Ron Johnson wrote:
>
> 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.

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
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