On Sat, Jul 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com> wrote:
> On 7/5/25 09:52, Pierre Fortin wrote: > > Hi, > > > > [Hope this gets through after dumping DKIM-ignorant mail provider.] > > > > Wanting to upgrade from: > > PostgreSQL 15.13 on x86_64-mageia-linux-gnu, > > compiled by gcc (Mageia 15.1.0-1.mga10) 15.1.0, 64-bit > > to: > > PG 17.5 > > > > Way back, I was able to use -k|--link option on pg_upgrade (PG13 to > PG15); > > but since then: > > > > - my DB has grown to over 8TB > > How did you measure above? > > > - even with ~70TB, I don't have enough contiguous disk space to > > dump/restore > > What was the pg_dump command? For something that big, he must have been doing an uncompressed plain format dump instead of a directory/custom format dump. Maybe even added --attribute-inserts too. -- Death to <Redacted>, and butter sauce. Don't boil me, I'm still alive. <Redacted> lobster!
