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PostgreSQL 14 Administration Cookbook

You're reading from   PostgreSQL 14 Administration Cookbook Over 175 proven recipes for database administrators to manage enterprise databases effectively

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803248974
Length 608 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Gianni Ciolli Gianni Ciolli
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: First Steps 2. Chapter 2: Exploring the Database FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Server Configuration 4. Chapter 4: Server Control 5. Chapter 5: Tables and Data 6. Chapter 6: Security 7. Chapter 7: Database Administration 8. Chapter 8: Monitoring and Diagnosis 9. Chapter 9: Regular Maintenance 10. Chapter 10: Performance and Concurrency 11. Chapter 11: Backup and Recovery 12. Chapter 12: Replication and Upgrades 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Planning your backups

This recipe is all about thinking ahead and planning. If you're reading this recipe before you've decided to take a backup, well done!

The key thing to understand is that you should plan your recovery, not your backup. The type of backup you take influences the type of recovery that is possible, so you must give some thought to what you are trying to achieve beforehand.

If you want to plan your recovery, then you need to consider the different types of failure that can occur. What type of recovery do you wish to perform?

You need to consider the following main aspects:

  • Full or partial database?
  • Everything or just object definitions?
  • Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR)
  • Restore performance

We need to look at the characteristics of the utilities to understand what our backup and recovery options are. It's often beneficial to have multiple types of backup to cover the different possible types of...

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