Heroku database backup, transfer between production and staging server, alot faster that the heroku db:pull and db:push. This will only work if your local app is setup with postgres database

Heroku db task

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#Place this in your root directory of your rails app
#Ensure that you have install thor gem
#To list the command, type 'thor -T'

module Heroku
  class Db < Thor

    desc "production_to_local", "clone a remote heroku database to the local environment"
    method_option :remote_production, :type => :string,  :default => 'production'
    method_option :keep,              :type => :boolean, :default => false
    method_option :host,              :type => :string,  :default => "localhost"
    method_option :user,              :type => :string,  :default => 'tenbugs'
    method_option :dbname,            :type => :string,  :default => 'development_database_name' #development database name
    method_option :dump,              :type => :string,  :default => "latest.dump"
    def production_to_local
      puts "Cloning production database to local environment. This might take a few minutes\n"
      puts "(1/4) capturing production database snapshot..."
      puts `heroku pgbackups:capture --expire --remote #{options[:remote_production]}`
      puts "(2/4) downloading snapshot..."
      puts `curl -o #{options[:dump]} \`heroku pgbackups:url --remote #{options[:remote_production]}\``
      puts "(3/4) restoring snapshot..."
      puts `pg_restore --verbose --clean --no-acl --no-owner -h #{options[:host]} -U #{options[:user]} -d #{options[:dbname] || dbname} #{options[:dump]}`
      unless options[:keep]
        puts "(4/4) cleaning up..."
        puts `rm #{options[:dump]}`
      else
        puts "(4/4) skipping cleaning..."
      end
    end

    desc "production_to_staging", "transfer the production heroku database to the staging heroku database"
    method_option :remote_staging,    :type => :string,  :default => 'staging'
    method_option :remote_production, :type => :string,  :default => 'production'
    method_option :dbname,       :type => :string,  :default => 'staging_database_name'
    def production_to_staging
      puts "Cloning production database to staging database. This might take a few minutes\n"
      puts "(1/2) capturing production database snapshot..."
      puts `heroku pgbackups:capture --expire --remote #{options[:remote_production]}`
      puts "(2/2) restoring snapshot from production database to staging database..."
      puts `heroku pgbackups:restore DATABASE \`heroku pgbackups:url --remote #{options[:remote_production]}\` --app #{options[:dbname]} --confirm #{options[:dbname]}`
      puts "Production database successfully transfer to staging database"
    end

    desc "staging_to_production", "transfer the staging heroku database to the production heroku database"
    method_option :remote_staging,    :type => :string,  :default => 'staging'
    method_option :remote_production, :type => :string,  :default => 'production'
    method_option :dbname,    :type => :string,  :default => 'development_database_name'
    def staging_to_production
      puts "Cloning staging database to production database. This might take a few minutes\n"
      puts "(1/2) capturing staging database snapshot..."
      puts `heroku pgbackups:capture --expire --remote #{options[:remote_staging]}`
      puts "(2/2) restoring snapshot from staging database to production database..."
      puts `heroku pgbackups:restore DATABASE \`heroku pgbackups:url --remote #{options[:remote_staging]}\` --remote #{options[:remote_production]} --confirm #{options[:dbname]}`
      puts "Staging database successfully transfer to production database"
    end

    desc "rebuild_assets", "clean and precompile assets"
    def rebuild_assets
      puts "Cleaning all assets"
      puts `bundle exec rake assets:clean`
      puts "Precompiling all assets"
      puts `bundle exec rake assets:precompile`
      puts "Assets Precompiled"
    end

    no_tasks do
      def dbname
        YAML.load_file('config/database.yml')["development"]["database"]
      end
    end
  end
end