I would appreciate some advice from the experts on this list about the best backup strategy for my database.
The setup: Size: might be about 200Gb The server uses a Tivoli backup client with daily backup At the moment There are pg_dumps for each database on the server on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. All this gets backed up to the Tivoli server. I would like to reduce the size of the backups as far as possible as we have to pay for space on the backup server and I do not want any downtime on the database server. I do not want replication, but want to be able to restore the database as recent as possible (at least as it was within the past 24 hours) as quickly as possible. I have read about using pg_basebackup in an article from Shaun Thomas' booklet on Packt Publishers* *(I will probably buy the booklet)*. *That seems to be a possible solution. I am considering dropping the pg_dumps in favour of the pg_basebackup method. Will that be wise? Regards Johann -- Because experiencing your loyal love is better than life itself, my lips will praise you. (Psalm 63:3)
