| From: | Michael Nolan <htfoot(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Ravi Krishna <srkrishna1(at)comcast(dot)net> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org, pgeu-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Inherited an 18TB DB & need to backup |
| Date: | 2020-05-15 23:01:43 |
| Message-ID: | CAOzAquLS4AaKnwtg2U_o1bZRN0R7sbcYT7_-e0oLK-bGo1Pc+A@mail.gmail.com |
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On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 12:51 PM Ravi Krishna <srkrishna1(at)comcast(dot)net>
wrote:
>
> Why should the backup land in S3, and not local somewhere?
> Any good reason why one should pay for the additional storage and transfer
> costs?
>
> Good question. The key point in my statement was "db of this size".
>
> The problem with local backup is that space is not infinite.
>
Another problem is storage devices fail. S3 storage lakes _should_ be
checking your data integrity on a regular basis and possibly maintaining
copies of it iin multiple locations so you're not vulnerable to a site
disaster.
--
Mike Nolan
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