17 June 2013: 2ndQuadrant is proud to announce the release
of version 1.2.1 of Barman, Backup and Recovery Manager for PostgreSQL.
This minor release introduces support for bandwidth limitation
through the `bandwidth_limit` option. This option allows administrators
to set the maximum number of kilobytes per second for backup
and recovery operations. Different bandwidth caps can be set
for different servers.
More control on bandwidth limitations can be achieved through
the `tablespace_bandwidth_limit` option that allows to cap the
bandwidth usage for one or more specific PostgreSQL tablespaces.
By default, no bandwidth limitation is enforced, making Barman 1.2.1
fully compatible with configuration files from previous versions.
This set of features gives administrators finer control on
regular backup activities, reducing the impact of these operations
on live systems.
Minor bugs have also been fixed.
For a complete list of changes, see the "Release Notes" section below.
Links:
* Website: http://www.pgbarman.org/
* Download: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pgbarman/files/
* Documentation: http://www.pgbarman.org/documentation/
* Support: http://www.pgbarman.org/support/
Release notes:
* Added the "bandwidth_limit" global/server option which allows
to limit the I/O bandwidth (in KBPS) for backup and recovery operations
* Added the "tablespace_bandwidth_limit" global/server option which allows
to limit the I/O bandwidth (in KBPS) for backup and recovery operations
on a per tablespace basis
* Added /etc/barman/barman.conf as default location
* Bug fix: avoid triggering the minimum_redundancy check
on FAILED backups (thanks to Jérôme Vanandruel)
About Barman: Barman (Backup and Recovery Manager) is an open source
administration tool for disaster recovery of PostgreSQL servers written in
Python. It allows your organisation to perform remote backups of multiple
servers in business critical environments and help DBAs during the recovery
phase. Barman's most requested features include backup catalogues,
retention
policies, remote recovery, archiving and compression of WAL files and
backups.