Re: database response slows while pg_dump is running (8.4.2) - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Greg Smith
Subject Re: database response slows while pg_dump is running (8.4.2)
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Msg-id 4C1157EE.9090205@2ndquadrant.com
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In response to database response slows while pg_dump is running (8.4.2)  (Aleksey Tsalolikhin <atsaloli.tech@gmail.com>)
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Aleksey Tsalolikhin wrote:
> Is there any way I can keep my response fast but still get my pg_dump?
>

http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Priorities covers the usual techniques
you might use to slow down your pg_dump to where it doesn't impact the
main server as much.

> Or should I move my pg_dump to a Slony-I slave?
>

Dumping from a slave is also a popular approach worth considering.

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Greg Smith  2ndQuadrant US  Baltimore, MD
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