On Wed, 31 May 2000, Ed Loehr wrote:
# Hmmm. My backup procedure, based on earlier discussions in this group,
# involves blocking all write-access during a pg_dump. That is
# effectively shutting down the database from my perspective. Is there a
# quicker way to take a consistent snapshot while still allowing writes?
Use a filesystem that supports snapshotting.
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