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Rant2112
05-01-2009, 10:06 AM
When I back up my database the backup file is something like 150 Megs. When I look at my postgres directory it is around 2.5 Gigs.

Is that reasonable? Just the magic of compression? Am I doing something wrong?

morny
05-01-2009, 04:03 PM
Yeah its usually tiny in comparisson but dont delete the old database until the new one is up and running or at least have the database exported as backup and restores arent always successful