Databasus doesn't use directory format dumps? #127

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MrUnknownDE · 2026-04-05T16:15:48+02:00

MrUnknownDE commented

2026-04-05 16:15:48 +02:00

Originally created by @ptlthg on 2/17/2026

Hi, I love the tool, but I was reading the docs and saw this part in the FAQ:

Databasus uses the pg_dump's directory format with zstd compression at level 5 instead of the plain SQL format because it provides the most efficient balance ...

This is primarily why I tried out this tool instead of pgbackweb or other alternatives, but I noticed that backups felt slower than expected and took a look at the code only to see that it uses -Fc for single file custom format dumps rather than -Fd for directory format dumps.

It seems like this was removed in #203

Totally up to you what direction to take with this project, but I think the FAQ in the docs should be updated, and I will just say that an option for directory format dumps would be nice, especially if we could specify the amount of jobs too (ex: -j 8).

*Originally created by @ptlthg on 2/17/2026* Hi, I love the tool, but I was reading the docs and saw this part in the FAQ: > Databasus uses the `pg_dump`'s directory format with zstd compression at level 5 instead of the plain SQL format because it provides the most efficient balance ... This is primarily why I tried out this tool instead of `pgbackweb` or other alternatives, but I noticed that backups felt slower than expected and took a look at the code only to see that it uses `-Fc` for single file custom format dumps rather than `-Fd` for directory format dumps. It seems like this was removed in #203 Totally up to you what direction to take with this project, but I think the FAQ in the docs should be updated, and I will just say that an option for directory format dumps would be nice, especially if we could specify the amount of jobs too (ex: `-j 8`).

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Reference: github/databasus#127