# The True Cost of Slow Postgres Restores

DevFeed: [The True Cost of Slow Postgres Restores](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-true-cost-of-slow-postgres-restores-5826.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://neon.com/blog/the-true-cost-of-slow-postgres-restores>)

Author: Carlota Soto

Published: 2025-04-11T16:41:25Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Blog -- Neon Docs](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-neon-docs.md>)

Topics: [Databases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databases.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [incident](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/incident.md>), [Replication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/replication.md>), [Server](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/server.md>), [data centers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-centers.md>), [Deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deployment.md>)

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## AI overview

The article reports survey findings from 50 developers managing production Postgres databases larger than 1 TB. It explains that slow or unreliable restores can turn failures into serious business incidents, causing extended downtime, customer complaints, support surges, failed transactions, SLA penalties, data issues, and loss of trust. It also highlights low confidence in rapid recovery and interest in faster point-in-time recovery solutions.

## Source excerpt

When a Postgres failure happens, the time it takes to recover can mean the difference between a relatively minor hiccup and a major business crisis. We regularly hear anecdotes from our customers on this topic, but we also wanted to gather some data--so we surveyed 50 developers m...