Re: [External] Re: Import Database

2019-05-05 Thread Sathish Kumar
Hi All, Postgresql version: 9.6 On Mon, May 6, 2019, 7:14 AM Sathish Kumar wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to export our database in GCE instance to Google Cloud SQL. > > Below are the commands used to export/import the database. I am exporting > only 1 database which is required. > > Export: > >

Re: [External] Re: Import Database

2019-05-05 Thread Sathish Kumar
Hi, I am trying to export our database in GCE instance to Google Cloud SQL. Below are the commands used to export/import the database. I am exporting only 1 database which is required. Export: pg_dump -h olddbserver -U dbuser --format=plain --no-owner --no-acl production | sed -E 's/(DROP|C

Re: [External] Re: Import Database

2019-05-05 Thread Vijaykumar Jain
Yes. I do bump up maintenance_work_mem temporarily during a restore. it helps in rebuilding on indexes a little faster. Turning fsync off during restore will help the restore a little fast too but in case of any crash you may have to restart the restore from scratch. Also do have the option to take

Re: Import Database

2019-05-05 Thread Ron
On 5/5/19 12:20 PM, Andreas Kretschmer wrote: Am 05.05.19 um 18:47 schrieb Sathish Kumar: Is there a way to speed up the importing process by tweaking Postgresql config like maintenance_workmem, work_mem, shared_buffers etc., sure, take the dump in custom-format and use pg_restore with -j .

Re: Import Database

2019-05-05 Thread Andreas Kretschmer
Am 05.05.19 um 18:47 schrieb Sathish Kumar: Is there a way to speed up the importing process by tweaking Postgresql config like maintenance_workmem, work_mem, shared_buffers etc., sure, take the dump in custom-format and use pg_restore with -j . You can increase maintenance_work_mem maybe t

Re: Import Database

2019-05-05 Thread Ravi Krishna
IMO you are using the slowest tool to import. Just one quick question: Why can't you take cluster backup using any of the tools available and then drop all unwanted databases after you import the cluster. pg_basebackup will do a good job.

Import Database

2019-05-05 Thread Sathish Kumar
Hi, I am trying to import a database of size 300+gb to another server. It's taking a long time. 4vCPU 15GB RAM psql -h newserver -U dbuser -d production -W < prod.sql Is there a way to speed up the importing process by tweaking Postgresql config like maintenance_workmem, work_mem, shared_buff