On Wed, 2008-05-07 at 13:02 -0700, John Smith wrote: > I have a large database (multiple TBs) where I'd like to be able to do > a backup/restore of just a particular table (call it foo). Because > the database is large, the time for a full backup would be > prohibitive. Also, whatever backup mechanism we do use needs to keep > the system online (i.e., users must still be allowed to update table > foo while we're taking the backup). Have a look at pg_snapclone. It's specifically designed to significantly improve dump times for very large objects. http://pgfoundry.org/projects/snapclone/ -- Simon Riggs 2ndQuadrant http://www.2ndQuadrant.com
