>> Now, if only I could think of some way to write a parallel dump to a >> set of pipes, I'd be in heaven. > > The only way I can see that working sanely would be to have a program > gathering stuff at the other end of the pipes, and ensuring it was all > coherent. That would be a huge growth in scope for this, and I seriously > doubt it's worth it.
Oh, no question. And there's workarounds ... sshfs, for example. I'm just thinking of the ad-hoc parallel backup I'm running today, which relies heavily on pipes. -- -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://www.pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers