Re: pgsql: Add suport for server-side LZ4 base backup compression.

2022-02-12 Thread Andres Freund
Hi, On 2022-02-12 13:38:45 +0900, Michael Paquier wrote: > Perhaps you'd better check that 'decompress_program' can be executed > and skip things if the command is not around? Note that > 020_pg_receivewal.pl does an extra lz4 --version as a safety measure, > but 008_untar.pl does not. Actually

Re: pgsql: Add suport for server-side LZ4 base backup compression.

2022-02-11 Thread Michael Paquier
On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 01:54:36PM +, Robert Haas wrote: > Add suport for server-side LZ4 base backup compression. > > LZ4 compression can be a lot faster than gzip compression, so users > may prefer it even if the compression ratio is not as good. We will > want pg_basebackup to support LZ4 c

pgsql: Add suport for server-side LZ4 base backup compression.

2022-02-11 Thread Robert Haas
Add suport for server-side LZ4 base backup compression. LZ4 compression can be a lot faster than gzip compression, so users may prefer it even if the compression ratio is not as good. We will want pg_basebackup to support LZ4 compression and decompression on the client side as well, and there is a