Depending on your storage subsystem, perhaps storage-level snapshots might be an option? They often seem to be the best choice for VLDBs.
From: Suhail Bamzena <suhailsalem@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2020 7:23 AM
To: Christoph Berg <christoph.berg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rory Campbell-Lange <rory@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; pgeu-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: Inherited an 18TB DB & need to backup
Thats very high on my agenda.. but need to make sure i can backup this beast to start with..
Re: Rory Campbell-Lange
> On 15/05/20, Suhail Bamzena (suhailsalem@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> > Hello All,
> > I have very recently inherited an 18 TB DB that is running version 9.2.
Push hard to get that upgraded to a supported version.
Christoph
