Re: Fastest DB restore options

["Ben Trewern" <ben(dot)trewern(at)mowlem(dot)com>]

If you are just looking for the least down time between stopping one server 
and starting the new one you could try Slony see 
http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/slony1/projdisplay.php

Regards,

Ben

<ogjunk-pgjedan(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote in message 
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> Hello,
>
> I have a fairly large DB to dump and restore as fast as possible.  I'm 
> moving from 8.0.3 to 8.2.3! :)
>
> I normally dump with these options:
>
>  -d MyDB --clean --inserts --column-inserts --format=P
>
> But the last time I tried that, the restore took foreeeeeeeeeeeeeever.  So 
> I'm looking for the fastest way to import data from the old DB to the new 
> one.  Judging from pg_dump man page the following should be the fastest 
> dump & restore:
>
>  -d MyDB --format=c --ignore-version
>
> Is there anything else I can do to make the restore as fast as possible?
>
> Thanks,
> Otis
>
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