-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Richard Broersma Jr wrote: >> 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 Mostly no, because it serializes access. Fill up one tape, go to the next, then the 3rd, etc. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE152FS9HxQb37XmcRAiLuAJwIsMlCfguvti4z/2WNozCFjT0ZYQCgv8d2 LnwIypkK00EVRx/yMKzggy4= =rdW2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
