Re: Speccing a remote backup server

[Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 07/24/2018 09:10 AM, Ron wrote:
> Hi,
>
> v9.6 backing up v8.4
>
> Where does the gzip run (where the database lives, or the remote server 
> where the pg_dump runs from)?  I ask this because I need to know how 
> beefy to make the backup server.  (It'll just store backups for a 
> version upgrade.)

pg_dump is a client to the server, so wherever pg_dump runs.

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Adrian Klaver
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