On Tue, 2006-08-08 at 09:47 -0700, Jeff Davis wrote:
> I'm imagining something similar to the following:
> mydb=# select pg_start_backup('mybackup');
>
> $ tar zcf - /path/to/pgdata | mux.script /dev/st0 /dev/st1 /dev/st2
> $ tar zcf - /path/to/tablespace1 | mux.script /dev/st3 /dev/st4 /dev/st5
> $ tar zcf - /path/to/tablespace2 | mux.script /dev/st6 /dev/st7 /dev/st8
>
Oops, let me clarify. Those tar commands are independent and can be run
in parallel, which was the point I was trying to make. So, just run them
in the background in whatever way is most convenient.
Regards,
Jeff Davis
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