On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 6:15 AM, Richard Harley <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello all > > Very simple question - does pg_dump/dumpall hit the server in terms of > database performance? We currently do nightly backups and I want to move to > hourly backups but not at the expense of hogging all the resources for 5 > mins. > > Pg_dumpall is currently producing a 1GB file - that's the combined size of > around 30 databases and it takes around 5 mins to run. I'd suggest you look at using PITR backups. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
