Re: Regarding a backup scenario

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On Jul 11, 2005, at 1:58 AM, nandan bsd wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I want some information regarding backups.
>
> The scenario is
>
> I have got a master server which has Linux as OS  and postgres as
> Database
> Other than this server i have got 5 client servers(same
> configuration as
> All the transactions are done at different client locations and the
> data is inserted into respective client servers. I would like to
> maintain a backup of all client servers at 1 place ie at master
> location.
>
> My Idea:
> I am thinking to take incremental backup for every 30 min and send the
> .bak file to master server place so that the file is inserted into
> database like the same i want to do the same at every client place for
> 30 min send the backup to master server.
> but, as from the documentation there are no incremental backups at
> database level.
> I cant go for replication because the distance between each client and
> master server is in order of around 60 Kilometer and there is problem
> with network connectivity.
>
> Please give me some idea so that this setting can be done
>
> Thanks in Advance
> Nandan
>
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