> Say we have a 7GB database. Is there a way to way to use 2 tape > drives... Argh, I guess not, since the Unix pipe mentality presumes > that the mode of operation will be: > $ pg_dump /some/database | tar cvfz /dev/st0/db.tgz > > What would be darned useful (but only, I think, with heavy usage of > tablespaces) is: > $ pg_tapedump /some/database /dev/st0,/dev/st1,/dev/st2,/dev/st3 Would passing the --multi-volume option be useful to you? http://www.apl.jhu.edu/Misc/Unix-info/tar/tar_97.html Regards, Richard Broersma Jr.
