On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 12:05, Tom Lane wrote: > Scott Marlowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 10:47, Pallav Kalva wrote: > >> I am working on a backup script for Postgres 8.0 online backups and > >> since i have to copy the whole pgdata directory , i am wondering after i > >> copy the pgdata directory can I run gzip or tar on the data directory ? > > > Generally speaking, file system level backups are not the best way to > > backup postgresql, since they require either shutting down the server or > > using a snapshot file system to get a coherent backup. > > In the context of online backup operations, that advice isn't relevant > anymore ...
Really, is this an 8.0 thing then, that I can make file system backups and expect them to be coherent, or did I misunderhear what you meant and this has to do with some other issue I'm not getting? ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend
