Re: pg_dump vs pg_basebackup

On 03/25/2014 08:18 AM, Ilya Kosmodemiansky wrote:
>
> Joshua,
>
> that is really good point: an alternative is to use pg_basebackup
> through ssh tunnel with compression, but rsync is much simpler.

Or rsync over ssh. The advantage is that you can create backups that
don't have to be restored, just started. You can also use the
differential portions of rsync to do it multiple times a day without
much issue.

JD

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