Re: Speccing a remote backup server

2018-07-24 Thread Adrian Klaver 

On 07/24/2018 09:10 AM, Ron wrote:

Hi,

v9.6 backing up v8.4

Where does the gzip run (where the database lives, or the remote server 
where the pg_dump runs from)?  I ask this because I need to know how 
beefy to make the backup server.  (It'll just store backups for a 
version upgrade.)




pg_dump is a client to the server, so wherever pg_dump runs.

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Speccing a remote backup server

2018-07-24 Thread Ron 

Hi,

v9.6 backing up v8.4

Where does the gzip run (where the database lives, or the remote server 
where the pg_dump runs from)?  I ask this because I need to know how beefy 
to make the backup server.  (It'll just store backups for a version upgrade.)


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