On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 5:06 PM, MirrorX <mirrorx@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > i looked into data partitioning and it is definitely something we will use > soon. but, as far as the backups are concerned, how can i take a backup > incrementally? if i get it correctly, the idea is to partition a big table > (using a date field for example) and then take each night for example a dump > of the 'daily' partition. so that the dump of this specific table will be > relatively small to the size of the initial table. is that right? > > so, we are talking about logical backups without PITR. i am not saying that > it's a bad idea, i just want to make sure that i got it right. Exactly. Sometimes PITR is the right answer, sometimes partitioning is. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
