Backing up tablespaces and streaming WAL with PGHoard
The latest version of PGHoard, an open-source PostgreSQL cloud backup tool initially developed by Aiven, has been released with new features such as support for PostgreSQL 9.6 beta3, backing up multiple tablespaces, and StatsD and Datadog metrics collection. Additionally, the update includes experimental WAL streaming mode walreceiver and a new status API in the internal REST HTTP server. The next version of PGHoard will support local-tar backups from standby servers and parallel mode for backing up PostgreSQL basebackups.
Company
Aiven
Date published
July 22, 2016
Author(s)
Oskari Saarenmaa
Word count
857
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Language
English