| From: | Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> |
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| To: | Mladen Marinović <mladen(dot)marinovic(at)kset(dot)org> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Memory usage of pg_basebackup... |
| Date: | 2020-01-22 19:37:14 |
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On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 11:23 AM Mladen Marinović
<mladen(dot)marinovic(at)kset(dot)org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Does anybody know how much RAM does pg_basebackup use and if it depends on the size of the database that the backup is being created?
pg_basebackup uses very little RAM, as the data received is written to
disk immediately. If you are doing compression it uses a little more,
but still within the "you don't really need to care" range. The RAM
usage is not dependent on the size of the database, it is always that
small.
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Magnus Hagander
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