-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jeff Davis wrote: > On Tue, 2006-08-08 at 09:47 -0700, Jeff Davis wrote: >> I'm imagining something similar to the following: >> mydb=# select pg_start_backup('mybackup'); >> >> $ tar zcf - /path/to/pgdata | mux.script /dev/st0 /dev/st1 /dev/st2 >> $ tar zcf - /path/to/tablespace1 | mux.script /dev/st3 /dev/st4 /dev/st5 >> $ tar zcf - /path/to/tablespace2 | mux.script /dev/st6 /dev/st7 /dev/st8 >> > > Oops, let me clarify. Those tar commands are independent and can be run > in parallel, which was the point I was trying to make. So, just run them > in the background in whatever way is most convenient. Open database or closed database? - -- 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 iD8DBQFE2Nx/S9HxQb37XmcRAgM5AKCkFR21o7/tUQiDPF/tvxpT0hmENACgsCBW LeMdlk1n2TnD7gfqYeAFySw= =R8CG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----