"Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Since the dump to custom format ran longer than the full pg_dump > piped directly to psql would have taken, the overall time to use this > technique is clearly longer for our databases on our hardware. Hmmm ... AFAIR there isn't a good reason for dump to custom format to take longer than plain text dump, except for applying compression. Maybe -Z0 would be worth testing? Or is the problem that you have to write the data to a disk file rather than just piping it? regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance