| From: | Gabriele Bartolini <gabriele(dot)bartolini(at)2ndquadrant(dot)it> |
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| To: | Marco Nenciarini <marco(dot)nenciarini(at)2ndquadrant(dot)it> |
| Cc: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [RFC] Incremental backup v2: add backup profile to base backup |
| Date: | 2014-10-06 16:00:40 |
| Message-ID: | CAHNtfO4=mU3cQstDNTAG4rYGHw7cEdR23dfKJuSpwThp4UHS5g@mail.gmail.com |
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Hello,
2014-10-06 17:51 GMT+02:00 Marco Nenciarini <marco(dot)nenciarini(at)2ndquadrant(dot)it
>:
> I agree that a full backup does not need to include a profile.
>
> I've added the option to require the profile even for a full backup, as
> it can be useful for backup softwares. We could remove the option and
> build the profile only during incremental backups, if required. However,
> I would avoid the needing to scan the whole backup to know the size of
> the recovered data directory, hence the backup profile.
>
I really like this approach.
I think we should leave users the ability to ship a profile file even in
case of full backup (by default disabled).
Thanks,
Gabriele
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