Re: Backup very large databases

On 4/19/02 10:24 PM, "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Curt Sampson <cjs(at)cynic(dot)net> writes:
>> On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Francisco Reyes wrote:
>>> I have about 7GB worth of data.
>
>> I anticipate having a 30-50 GB or larger database in the next few months.
>
> FWIW, there are people out there with multi-hundred-GB to TB databases
> (you might try searching the archives for "American Chemical Society",
> for instance). So you're not pioneers.
>
> I do agree that the special problems of running huge DBs on Postgres
> might belong in a pgsql-perform list rather than any of the regular
> lists. Anyone else agree? Or does the pgsql-general list readership
> want to see this stuff?

I'd like to see it. It seems to me all of those discussions could have at
least some implication for the "low end".

-- sgl