> Say we have a 7GB database. Is there a way to way to use 2 tape
> drives... Argh, I guess not, since the Unix pipe mentality presumes
> that the mode of operation will be:
> $ pg_dump /some/database | tar cvfz /dev/st0/db.tgz
>
> What would be darned useful (but only, I think, with heavy usage of
> tablespaces) is:
> $ pg_tapedump /some/database /dev/st0,/dev/st1,/dev/st2,/dev/st3
Would passing the --multi-volume option be useful to you?
http://www.apl.jhu.edu/Misc/Unix-info/tar/tar_97.html
Regards,
Richard Broersma Jr.