-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 01/29/07 13:20, Vivek Khera wrote: > > On Jan 27, 2007, at 10:45 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> Using slony or "piped pg_dump" requires that you have *double* the >> amount of disk space. Having a *very large* database and double >> capacity of SCSI disks (including storage controllers, shelves, etc, >> etc) is expensive, and might not be available. > > Then one must decide which costs more: 20+ hours of downtime More like 50 hours: - - 20 to pg_dump - - 30 to restore the data and rebuild the indexes. > or some > disks and a computer... Yeah, that would fly like a lead balloon where I work... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFvm9uS9HxQb37XmcRAqa3AJ9HW8aDaddXJeQKHIIjD/C3DmCKwQCglkqR qkhNxa38GjMLdBeFKpatXck= =DpX+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
