Re: a back up question

On 12/6/17, 4:39 AM, "karsten.hilbert@gmx.net" <karsten.hilbert@gmx.net> wrote:

    On Tue, Dec 05, 2017 at 09:52:28PM +0000, Martin Mueller wrote:
    
    > Are there rules for thumb for deciding when you can dump a
    > whole database and when you’d be better off dumping groups of
    > tables?
    
    It seems to me we'd have to define the objective of "dumping" first ?
    
    Regards,
    Karsten
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The objective is to create a  backup from which I can restore any or all tables in the event of a crash. In my case,  I
usePostgres for my own scholarly purposes. Publications of whatever kind are not directly made public via the database.
Iam my only customer, and a service interruption, while a nuisance to me, does not create a crisis for others. I don’t
wantto lose my work, but a service interruption of a day or a week is no big deal.