[GENERAL] scheduled backup

2005-10-21 Thread Apu Islam
I need suggestion to backup my postgresql server. The database is growing 1/2 Gb a day and I am looking for a solution that would push the data off to the backup server periodically with minimal amount of load to the server (I am trying to avoid table locking). I am thinking to use rsync to sync

Re: [GENERAL] scheduled backup

2005-10-21 Thread Douglas McNaught
Apu Islam [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I need suggestion to backup my postgresql server. The database is growing 1/2 Gb a day and I am looking for a solution that would push the data off to the backup server periodically with minimal amount of load to the server (I am trying to avoid table

Re: [GENERAL] scheduled backup

2005-10-21 Thread Tino Wildenhain
Am Freitag, den 21.10.2005, 12:22 -0500 schrieb Apu Islam: I need suggestion to backup my postgresql server. The database is growing 1/2 Gb a day and I am looking for a solution that would push the data off to the backup server periodically with minimal amount of load to the server (I am

Re: [GENERAL] scheduled backup

2005-10-21 Thread Stephen Frost
* Apu Islam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I need suggestion to backup my postgresql server. The database is growing 1/2 Gb a day and I am looking for a solution that would push the data off to the backup server periodically with minimal amount of load to the server (I am trying to avoid table

Re: [GENERAL] scheduled backup

2005-10-21 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 12:22, Apu Islam wrote: I need suggestion to backup my postgresql server. The database is growing 1/2 Gb a day and I am looking for a solution that would push the data off to the backup server periodically with minimal amount of load to the server (I am trying to avoid

Re: [GENERAL] scheduled backup

2005-10-21 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 13:38, Scott Marlowe wrote: On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 12:22, Apu Islam wrote: I need suggestion to backup my postgresql server. The database is growing 1/2 Gb a day and I am looking for a solution that would push the data off to the backup server periodically with minimal

Re: [GENERAL] scheduled backup

2005-10-21 Thread Apu Islam
Seems like WAL backup is the way to go with PITR. database will not have to be exhaused over and over with pg_dump and if I do rsync hourly, I could minimize the network traffic significantly as well. I already like the term 'hot standby' from the doc already. Thanks for your help. -apu On