{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Postgres FM","title":"Snapshots","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/2e3bbd3f\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2645,"description":"Nikolay talks Michael through using cloud snapshots — how they can be used to reduce RTO for huge Postgres setups, also to improve provisioning time, and some major catches to be aware of.\n \nHere are some links to things they mentioned:\nSnapshots on RDS https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_CreateSnapshot.html\npgBackRest https://pgbackrest.org\nWAL-G https://github.com/wal-g/wal-g\npg_backup_start and pg_backup_stop (docs) https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/functions-admin.html#FUNCTIONS-ADMIN-BACKUP \nHow to troubleshoot long Postgres startup (by Nikolay) https://gitlab.com/postgres-ai/postgresql-consulting/postgres-howtos/-/blob/main/0003_how_to_troubleshoot_long_startup.md\nRestoring to a DB instance (RDS docs mentioning lazy loading) https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_RestoreFromSnapshot.html\n Amazon EBS fast snapshot restore https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ebs/latest/userguide/ebs-fast-snapshot-restore.html\nOur 100th episode “To 100TB, and beyond!” https://postgres.fm/episodes/to-100tb-and-beyond \n\n~~~\nWhat did you like or not like? What should we discuss next time? Let us know via a YouTube comment, on social media, or by commenting on our Google doc!\n\n~~~\nPostgres FM is produced by:\nMichael Christofides, founder of pgMustard\nNikolay Samokhvalov, founder of Postgres.ai\n\nWith credit to:\nJessie Draws for the elephant artwork","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/NFbJlGhGV5mzIU1kM0iZ823A69pjZUNX40LszVO5LKI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMyMTQ3LzE3MTA3/OTEzODMtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}