Re: pg_basebackup compression TODO item

On 03/03/2016 09:23 AM, Jeff Janes wrote:
> Since SSL compression seems to be a busted flush, I would like to see
> pg_basebackup be able to do compression on the server end, not just
> the client end, in order to spare network bandwidth.
>
> Any comments on how hard this would be, or why we don't want it?

We want it and we want it over multiple workers.

JD

>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
>
>


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