In my last blog post Snapshots with VirtualBox and btrfs we have seen some possibilities of btrfs snapshots. In this blog post we will see how we can use btrfs snapshots in combination with an Oracle database to clone PDBs. My colleague Marc Wagner has shown in his article the possibilities and the limitations of snapshot clones of a PDB.…
In this Blog post I will try to give a pure technical cheat sheet using Btrfs on any distribution. Additionally I will explain how to use one of the most sophisticated backup/ restore tool called “snapper”. What is Btrfs and how to set it up if not already installed? Btrfs (aka Butter FS or aka B-Tree FS) is like xfs…
What if you could clone a PostgreSQL database instantly without affecting the original source database, without impacting performance, without any external tool but using your linux Btrfs storage layer. This is what I will demonstrate in the following blogpost. Introduction Sometimes developpers need urgently a copy of a PostgreSQL database where they can test new developments or make changes that…
