Re: pg_dump vs pg_basebackup

Yes, you need to set recovery_target_time in your recovery.conf while
performing recovery
(http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/recovery-target-settings.html)
That could be a tricky thing - depends on that exactly you need. All
those transactions, which were not committed at given timestamp, will
be rollbacked, so read url above carefully.

On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 8:19 AM, gianfranco caca <limpcaca(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
> Hai ilya,
>
> Thanks for the respond. The database is estimated over 100gb and the
> workload will be high. Can we use a pg_basebackup with pitr to restore based
> on transaction time?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> On Tuesday, 25 March 2014, 15:13, Ilya Kosmodemiansky
> <ilya(dot)kosmodemiansky(at)postgresql-consulting(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi gianfranco,
>
>
> How exactly large is your database and how heavy is a workload on it?
> Usually if you have more than ~200Gb, better to use pg_basebackup
> because pg_dump will take too long time. And please take in mind, that
> pg_dump makes dump, which is actually not the same thing as a backup.
>
> Best regards,
> Ilya
>
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 5:45 AM, gianfranco caca <limpcaca(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
>> Hai,
>>
>> Can anyone tell me the difference and performance between pgdump and
>> pg_basebackup if I want to backup a large database.
>>
>> Thanks
>
>
>
>
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