What is pghoard?
pghoard is a PostgreSQL backup daemon and restore tooling for cloud object storages.
pghoard is a tool in the Database Tools category of a tech stack.
pghoard is an open source tool with GitHub stars and GitHub forks. Here’s a link to pghoard's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses pghoard?
Developers
pghoard Integrations
pghoard's Features
- Automatic periodic basebackups
- Automatic transaction log (WAL/xlog) backups (using either pg_receivexlog or archive_command)
- Cloud object storage support (AWS S3, Google Cloud, OpenStack Swift, Azure, Ceph)
- Backup restoration directly from object storage, compressed and encrypted
- Point-in-time-recovery (PITR)
- Initialize a new standby from object storage backups, automatically configured as a replicating hot-standby
pghoard Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to pghoard?
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Spring Data
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DataGrip
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Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
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PostGIS
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