Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Besides, since pg_dump is single-threaded, backing up a huge > database gets impossible. Federating the database allows multiple > pg_dumps to simultaneously dump data to multiple tape drives.
... as long as you don't care about having a self-consistent dump ...
regards, tom lane
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