Re: Michael Paquier 2018-03-20 <20180320135720.ge13...@paquier.xyz> > Now, why are people using pg_dump > /dev/null? Mainly the lack of > better tools, which would be actually able to detect pages in corrupted > pages in one run, and not only heap pages. I honestly think that > amcheck is something that we sould more focus on and has more potential > on the matter, and that we are just complicating pg_dump to do something > it is not designed for, and would do it badly anyway.
Still, people are using it for that purpose now, and speeding it up would just be a non-intrusive patch. Also, if pg_dump is a backup tool, why does that mean it must not be used for anything else? Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Christoph Berg -- Senior Berater, Tel.: +49 2166 9901 187 credativ GmbH, HRB Mönchengladbach 12080, USt-ID-Nummer: DE204566209 Trompeterallee 108, 41189 Mönchengladbach Geschäftsführung: Dr. Michael Meskes, Jörg Folz, Sascha Heuer pgp fingerprint: 5C48 FE61 57F4 9179 5970 87C6 4C5A 6BAB 12D2 A7AE
