Re: Server Backup: pg_dump vs pg_dumpall

John R Pierce wrote:
> APseudoUtopia wrote:
> ...
>>
>> I was leaning towards pg_dumpall, but then I realized that it only
>> dumps in the standard SQL text file format, and it cannot be
>> compressed automatically.
>
> pgdumpall ....   | gzip > dumpfile.sql.gz
>
>
>
That deals with compression. But if you want to use the new
parallel-restore feature in 8.4 pg_restore which can be *way* faster if
you have multiple cores available then you will need to backup using
pg_dump with the custom format (-Fc).

Cheers,
Steve