Re: Space for pg_dump
- From: Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com>
- To: SHARMILA JOTHIRAJAH <sharmi_jo(at)yahoo(dot)com>
- Cc: General postgres mailing list <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
- Subject: Re: Space for pg_dump
- Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:47:09 +0100
- Message-id: <49D23AFD.9070900@archonet.com> <text/plain>
SHARMILA JOTHIRAJAH wrote:
> Hi,
> How much space does a pg_dump usually take?
> One of my databases is 600GB.... How much space do I need to dump this?
That will depend on how many indexes etc. make up that 600GB. Also how
compressible your data is if you are using -Fc. Certainly less than a
"live" database, but by how much it's difficult to say.
--
Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd
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