On 8/9/10 5:14 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
ENGEMANN, DAYSE wrote:
Hi Kevin,
Sorry to disturb you.. But I am really new in it...
Let me see if I understood...

  pg_dump -h sourcemachine -U sourceuser source_dbname | psql target_dbname

Has anyone done any measurement of whether it is faster to do the dump
on the local machine with psql remote or from a remote machine (where
psql would be local)?

It probably depends more on your network speed.  If you have a slow network, 
then run pg_dump on the machine where the database lives and use compression 
(--format=c) and restore using pg_restore.  It will cut WAY down on the amount 
of data that has to move across the net.  If you have a fast network, then it 
doesn't matter very much -- you'll be limited by disk speed.

Craig

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