Pg_probackup
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What is Pg_probackup?
pg_probackup is a backup and recovery manager for PostgreSQL, designed to handle periodic backups of PostgreSQL clusters. It supports incremental backups, merge strategies to avoid frequent full backups, validation, and parallelization for efficiency. It also offers features like backup from standby servers, remote operations, and compression. With support for PostgreSQL versions 11 through 16, it enables comprehensive management of backups and WAL archives, ensuring data integrity and efficient recovery processes.
Free resources to learn Pg_probackup
- Official docsPostgresPro Website
- Open sourcepostgrespro/pg_probackup
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Pg_probackup: common questions
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Is this Pg_probackup tutorial for beginners?
It is lesson 85 of 170 in the free PostgreSQL roadmap, in stage 12, SQL Query Patterns / Anti-patterns. If you are new to PostgreSQL, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.