Re: [ADMIN] pg_dump with custom format without compression

On 4/8/2017 4:58 AM, Thorsten Schöning wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm using pg_dump with custom format "c" on some databases containing
> already compressed large binaries, like Zip, compressed PDF etc. So I
> don't benefit of the compression of format "c" much, but creating a
> dump takes about twice as much time compared to uncompressed format
> "t".
>
> Is there any way to use format "c" without any compression, so I get
> somewhat the same processing time like with format "t"?
>
>  From the docs it sounds that format "c" is the most flexible when it
> comes to restore and I would simply like to keep all the options it
> provides, just in case. So if not compression is only possible with
> "t", I might as well decide to use that and live with its theoretical
> shortcomings on restore.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
>
> Thorsten Schöning
>

Try setting the compression level.  I myself use "--compress=1", which
gives me decent compression for very little cost in backup speed.

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Michael Heaney
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