BaseBackupThrottle
Short Description
Waiting during base backup when throttling activity.
Detailed Description​
A Base Backup is a physical copy of the database. This wait is seen while the backup is being throttled to preserve system resources. This is set using pg_basebackup -r ***rate*** or pg_basebackup --max-rate=***rate*** where the rate is kilobytes per second.
Progress of backups can be seen using the pg_stat_basebackup_progress view.
How to reduce this wait​
This is a normal wait where backup throttling is enabled.
Additional Links​
PostgreSQL Docs - Waits of Type Timeout
PostgreSQL Docs - pg_basebackup
PostgreSQL Docs - Base Backup Progress Reporting
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