Re: [GENERAL] Moving Tablespaces

2006-01-05 Thread Jim C. Nasby
You can also use WAL log shipping; there's been recent discussion about that on -admin. BTW, I'm seeing duplicated emails from you... On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 08:31:09PM -0500, Doug McNaught wrote: > Allen Fair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Our databases can get large and we want to find the

Re: [GENERAL] Moving Tablespaces

2006-01-05 Thread Patrick TJ McPhee
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Allen Fair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: % Do you or (or anyone else) suggest a method for moving databases from % one server to another without the time consuming dump/transfer/restore % process? Anything in the contrib directory or a good management tool? If you w

Re: [GENERAL] Moving Tablespaces

2006-01-04 Thread Allen Fair
Tom, Thanks for the reply. That makes sense. Do you or (or anyone else) suggest a method for moving databases from one server to another without the time consuming dump/transfer/restore process? Anything in the contrib directory or a good management tool? Our databases can get large and we w

Re: [GENERAL] Moving Tablespaces

2006-01-03 Thread Doug McNaught
Allen Fair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Our databases can get large and we want to find the best way to plan for > when a database outgrows its current server. > > How about a replication scheme and cutover? If so, is there a preferred > replication package to support this? Slony-I was designed

Re: [GENERAL] Moving Tablespaces

2006-01-03 Thread Allen Fair
Tom, Thanks for the reply. That makes sense. Do you or (or anyone else) suggest a method for moving databases from one server to another without the time consuming dump/transfer/restore process? Anything in the contrib directory or a good management tool? Our databases can get large and we want

Re: [GENERAL] Moving Tablespaces

2006-01-03 Thread Tom Lane
Allen Fair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Looking at the "create tablespace " command in the docs, I was wondering > how easy it is to move a database/tablespace to another server/instance > of PostgreSQL. It's not. The contents of the tablespace are tied to the instance (because rows contain tr

[GENERAL] Moving Tablespaces

2006-01-03 Thread Allen Fair
Hi! Looking at the "create tablespace " command in the docs, I was wondering how feasible it is to move a database/tablespace to another server/instance of PostgreSQL. Issue: moving databases using pg_dump and pg_restore is more time-consuming than desired, requiring the db to be unavailable

[GENERAL] Moving Tablespaces

2006-01-03 Thread Allen Fair
Hi! Looking at the "create tablespace " command in the docs, I was wondering how easy it is to move a database/tablespace to another server/instance of PostgreSQL. We have lots of databases, with the same definitions, with 1 database per client account on the server. I can setup the database