On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 5:38 AM, Phoenix Kiula <phoenix.kiula@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi. > > I currently have a cronjob to do a full pgdump of the database every > day. And then gzip it for saving to my backup drive. > > However, my db is now 60GB in size, so this daily operation is making > less and less sense. (Some of you may think this is foolish to begin > with). > > Question: what can I do to rsync only the new additions in every table > starting 00:00:01 until 23:59:59 for each day? > > Searching google leads to complex things like "incremental WAL" and > whatnot, or talks of stuff like pgcluster. I'm hoping there's a more > straightforward core solution without additional software or PHD > degrees. My standard advice to this problem is to do a HS/SR setup which solves a number of problems simultaneously. It still makes sence to take a full snapshot once in a while though -- but you can take it from the standby. merlin -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
