Preface

Welcome to Instant PostgreSQL Backup and Restore How-to! These days, database-driven websites and applications are everywhere. Thanks to its free and open nature, and in no small part due to its full ACID guarantees, PostgreSQL is now a popular RDBMS used to fill the role of data storage in these next-generation apps. But with great power comes great responsibility. For a conscientious DBA, that means robust and sometimes numerous backups.

That's where we come in. PostgreSQL supplies a good toolset and documentation for securing your data from catastrophic loss. But this documentation is meant to be exhaustive, covering every known variant of using the backup tools. In a hurry? A new PostgreSQL DBA? Wading through all of that information ...

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