Re: pg_rawdump

Kevin Grittner wrote:
>Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> Most of the data-loss reports I've seen appeared to come from
>> people who wouldn't be capable of doing such recovery work even if
>> better tools were available.

>No doubt; but the recovery work often winds up in the hands of
>people with more skills than those responsible for the loss. 
>Whoever comes in to help with recovery is looking for every bit of
>traction they can get.  You'd be amazed at some of the odd straws
>people can grasp to help recover data.

And, obviously, the amount of time spent (by the professional) to
recover the data goes down a lot when more information is available;
which reduces cost and shortens the downtime to the sad sod that
lost the data in the first place.
-- 
Stephen.