Re: Backup Method

On 03/07/2015 11:39, Guillaume Lelarge wrote:
>
> > In that case is there any recommendation for how often to make base
> backups in relation to the size of the cluster and the size of the WAL?
> >
>
> Nope, not really. That depends on a lot of things. Our customers
> usually do one per day.
>
> --
> Guillaume
>
Excuse my ignorance... Is the base backup, in general, faster than pg_dump?