Joshua, On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 4:22 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: The advantage is that you can create backups that don't > have to be restored, just started. You can also use the differential > portions of rsync to do it multiple times a day without much issue. Are you sure, that it is a nice idea on a database with heavy write workload? And also Im not sure, that differential backups using rsync will be recoverable, if you have actually meant that. > > > JD > > -- > Command Prompt, Inc. - http://www.commandprompt.com/ 509-416-6579 > PostgreSQL Support, Training, Professional Services and Development > High Availability, Oracle Conversion, Postgres-XC, @cmdpromptinc > Political Correctness is for cowards. -- Ilya Kosmodemiansky, PostgreSQL-Consulting.com tel. +14084142500 cell. +4915144336040 ik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance