On 2012-09-11, Mike Christensen <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Is the TAR format just the raw SQL commands, just tar'ed and then sent > over the wire? It'd be cool if there was some compressed "binary" > backup of a database that could be easily downloaded, or even better, > a way to just move an entire database between server instances in one > go.. Maybe there is a tool that does that, I just don't know about it you can stream pg_dump any way you like: directly pg_dump "connection-string" | psql "sonnection-string" over ssh, pg_dump "connection-string" | ssh newserver 'psql "sonnection-string"' with streaming compression, pg_dump "connection-string" | bzip2 | ssh newserver 'bunzip2 | psql "sonnection-string"' or if i don't need an encrypted channel I use netcat for transport (not shown) -- ⚂⚃ 100% natural -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
