Re: Improving pg_dump performance

On 07/23/2018 08:46 AM, Stephen Frost wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> * Ron (ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com) wrote:
>> An interesting idea.  To clarify: it's possible to parallel backup a running
>> 8.4 cluster remotely from a 9.6 system?
> Yes, you can do a parallel backup, but you won't be able to get a
> consistent snapshot.  You'll need to pause all changes to the database
> while the pg_dump processes connect and start their transactions to
> have the backup be consistent.

I can do that!!!

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