[bjornsing]

> I've also been looking into how to "branch" a database instead if just doing a backup, it does require some ZFS tricks but that is also just pure power and not something you find with a cloud file system.

In the cloud you can just snapshot/clone the underlying EBS volume and you’ll get a “branch” of any database on any file system, right?

[muskmusk]

Assuming no-one is using the database yes. Also not trivial to set up and use plus vm startup is somewhat slow.

If your want a full featured product (in the postgres space) that does it then look at neon.tech (no affiliation).