Re: pg_dump and not MVCC-safe commands

From: Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "pgsql-generallists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_dump and not MVCC-safe commands
Date: 2024-05-20 20:10:37
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On Mon, May 20, 2024 at 11:54 AM Christophe Pettus <xof(at)thebuild(dot)com> wrote:

>
>
> > On May 20, 2024, at 08:49, PetSerAl <petseral(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > Basically, you need application cooperation to make
> > consistent live database backup.
>
> If it is critical that you have a completely consistent backup as of a
> particular point in time, and you are not concerned about restoring to a
> different processor architecture, pg_basebackup is a superior solution to
> pg_dump.
>

Single-threaded, and thus dreadfully slow. I'll stick with PgBackRest.

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