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Moving pg_basebackup Forward - Robert Haas - PGCon 2022
Discover the latest advancements in pg_basebackup, including incremental backup, server-side compression, and parallel compression, making PostgreSQL backups more efficient and easier to use.
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pg_basebackup improvements:
- Supports incremental backup
- Supports server-side compression
- Supports multiple compression methods (GZIP, LZ4, ZSTD)
- Incremental backup reduces the size of the backup and data transmission time
- The new syntax is simpler and easier to understand
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Commands have more options, such as
-jfor specifying the number of workers and-lfor specifying the compression level - The software has gained more features, including support for parallel compression and server-side processing
- ASync I/O can improve performance
- Incremental backup can be used to reduce the time it takes to take a backup
- The software can be extended to support additional backup targets
- The new features are intended to make PostgreSQL backups more efficient and easier to use.