On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 15:18, Ron Johnson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Scott Marlowe wrote: > > > > Oh, I see where you were headed. > > > > I've found a bit here and there googling about for multiplex and tar, > > and found an IO:Multiplex module for perl. > > > > I don't see why someone couldn't make use of it to create some kind of > > system where you'd do: > > > > pg_dump dbname | perl mulitiplexscript device1,device2,device3,devicen > > > > No need for postgresql to support it directly. Restoring would likewise > > just be a reverse operation. > > Interesting. Many thanks. Scary though that it hasn't been touched > in 30 months. > > With multiple SCSI cards, each with it's own tape drive, this > immensely speeds up the backup operation. Yeah, I read the description, and I think it's just a fancy name for tee. sigh. Not REAL multiplexing, but stream duplication.
