Hi all, we are reviewing our current backup process based on the low level pg_start_backup and pg_stop_backup using the exclusive approach. And thanks to many of you caring about my former questions, what we currently do seems to be broken. :-) I already had switching to e.g. Barman in mind for quite some time, but simply couldn't make it yet. Recently things have changed a bit additionally, since we are backing Postgres up directly on a Synology NAS onto that NAS now. So there's no additional fully blown Linux/Windows host copying things to some share or stuff, but instead the NAS itself executes scripts taking care of pg_start_backup, copying things around etc. simply using SSH. I already read that the exclusive backups we take now are deprecated anyway[1] and that shared backups need an open session during the time of the backup, which makes custom scripts additionally difficult. Does anyone use a Synology NAS as well and runs complex software like Barman or alternatives directly on the NAS? I would like to read about how to set things up, experiences about how smooth things run over a longer period of time, how it's handled during upgrading the OS of the NAS itself and stuff. I did some research on that topic myself of course but the only things I found where using the NAS as storage only, while the software actually executed somewhere else. I would just like to know if it's a real option to not need an additional host or if that would be a waste of time most likely. Thanks again for your insights! [1]: https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com/en/exclusive-backup-deprecated-what-now/# Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Thorsten Schöning -- Thorsten Schöning E-Mail: Thorsten.Schoening@xxxxxxxxxx AM-SoFT IT-Systeme http://www.AM-SoFT.de/ Telefon...........05151- 9468- 55 Fax...............05151- 9468- 88 Mobil..............0178-8 9468- 04 AM-SoFT GmbH IT-Systeme, Brandenburger Str. 7c, 31789 Hameln AG Hannover HRB 207 694 - Geschäftsführer: Andreas Muchow
