Ericson Smith wrote:
> I've not been following up on the list for some time now, and recently
> re-subscribed. There is some talk of "Postgresql Hot" which appears to
> be a hot backup solution that may be included in 8.3
What makes you think it's a hot backup utility? HOT is a technique for
minimizing (or eliminating) index tuple rewrites for frequently updated
tables, thus dramatically reducing IO (and consequently increasing
performance) in the right circumstances.
> * How is it different from the current Perl script out there?
I'm not aware of an existing perl script.
> * Can't pg_dump already give us hot backups?
Yes, it can.
Regards, Dave.