PostgreSQL 17’s New Backup Feature: Incremental Backups
Introduction With the release of PostgreSQL 17, a game-changing feature has arrived: incremental backups. In prior versions, such as PostgreSQL 16 and earlier, users could only perform full backups. This approach, while reliable, had its drawbacks—particularly the time it took to complete these backups and the storage they required. Previously, users relied on WAL (Write-Ahead…