Re: [PoC PATCH] Parallel dump to /dev/null

Re: Michael Paquier 2018-03-20 <20180320135720.GE13368@paquier.xyz>
> Now, why are people using pg_dump > /dev/null?  Mainly the lack of
> better tools, which would be actually able to detect pages in corrupted
> pages in one run, and not only heap pages.  I honestly think that
> amcheck is something that we sould more focus on and has more potential
> on the matter, and that we are just complicating pg_dump to do something
> it is not designed for, and would do it badly anyway.

Still, people are using it for that purpose now, and speeding it up
would just be a non-intrusive patch.

Also, if pg_dump is a backup tool, why does that mean it must not be
used for anything else?

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