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Re:Updating a 50 terabyte PostgreSQL database by rhaasjes on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @09:56AM (#16637985)
Hi, I wrote the post and am happy to answer a few questions.
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Re:Updating a 50 terabyte PostgreSQL database by lixtra on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @10:28AM (#16638239)
Did you try fuzzing the process to see how stable it really is? I.e. did you try flipping a bit in your 54TB and see when you catch it?
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Re:Updating a 50 terabyte PostgreSQL database by rhaasjes on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @10:46AM (#16638429)
No, we didn't have any reasons to doubt the copy process of the storage hardware. We've been using the same process to make daily snapshots/clones without a problem for over a year.
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