On 2018-08-14 11:57:38 -0400, Jack Cushman wrote:
> I have a large database of text, with a 600GB table and a 100GB table connected
> by a join table. They both see occasional updates throughout the week. Once a
> week I want to "cut a release," meaning I will clone just the 100GB table and
> copy it to a "release" server for read-only web access.
>
> My procedure would be:
>
> - keep the 600GB table on a separate tablespace
> - cleanly stop postgres on both servers
> - copy the data folder to the release server
> - delete pg_tblspc/* on the release server
> - start postgres on both servers
If you copy the whole database anyway before deleting the tablespace:
Why don't you just drop the 600 GB table on the release server?
hp
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