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On 03/29/07 23:56, Gerald Timothy G Quimpo wrote:
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>
> How do people take consistent backups of very large
> databases on Linux/FreeBSD? I'm aware of PITR, but
> might not be able to set aside a box with enough
> drives for it. LVM Snapshot? performance issues with
> LVM, etc?
If PG allows partitioned tables to span schemas, then I'd do that,
so that only one (relatively small, say quarterly or semi-annual)
schema is ever "hot" and needs to be backed up.
- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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