Switch from wal-e to pgBackRest for automated database backups

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    • Resolution: Done
    • Priority: Major
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      Currently we use wal-e for Postgres WAL archiving and automated backups. This works OK, but pgBackRest has these attractive features:

      1. Written in C, instead of Python (less deps to pull in on DB server)
      2. Supports full, differential (changes since last full backup), and incremental (changes since last backup) backups; wal-e supports only full backups.
      3. Supports parallel restore, making it much faster to restore.
      4. Supports lz4, lzo, and zstd compression, wal-e uses only lzo. zstd is a compelling choice for its balance of speed/compression ratio.

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            Matt Magoffin
            Reporter:
            Matt Magoffin
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