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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml | 24 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml index f13c6447722..92c9f4be935 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml,v 1.77 2009/01/05 16:54:36 tgl Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml,v 1.78 2009/02/02 20:07:36 adunstan Exp $ --> <refentry id="APP-PGRESTORE"> <refmeta> @@ -242,6 +242,28 @@ </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><option>-m <replaceable class="parameter">number-of-threads</replaceable></option></term> + <term><option>--multi-thread=<replaceable class="parameter">number-of-threads</replaceable></option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Run the most time-consuming parts of <application>pg_restore</> + — those which load data, create indexes, or create + constraints — using multiple concurrent connections to the + database. This option can dramatically reduce the time to restore a + large database to a server running on a multi-processor machine. + </para> + + <para> + This option is ignored when emitting a script rather than connecting + directly to a database server. Multiple threads cannot be used + together with <option>--single-transaction</option>. Also, the input + must be a plain file (not, for example, a pipe), and at present only + the custom archive format is supported. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> <term><option>-n <replaceable class="parameter">namespace</replaceable></option></term> <term><option>--schema=<replaceable class="parameter">schema</replaceable></option></term> <listitem> |