> On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 03:49:04PM -0700, pw wrote: > > > I set up a cron job to pg_dump and gzip every hour and > > dump any backup gz files older than 1 week. > > Huh ... be sure to keep some older backup anyway! There was just > someone on a list (this one?) whose last two weeks of backups contained > no data (a guy with OpenACS or something).
Also, if you don't routinely test your backups every now and then, how can you be sure they'll work when you NEED them to? -- Mike Nolan ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
