| From: | Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Decibel! <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Steve Crawford <scrawford(at)pinpointresearch(dot)com>, "Joey K(dot)" <pguser(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Seeking datacenter PITR backup suggestions |
| Date: | 2007-08-29 07:16:24 |
| Message-ID: | 1188371784.4218.135.camel@ebony.site |
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On Tue, 2007-08-28 at 21:04 -0500, Decibel! wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 09:54:23PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > Perhaps the docs are not sufficiently clear on the point?
>
> Yeah... I think that's a big gotcha waiting to smack someone. I'd
> actually make the mention <strong> so that hopefully no one can miss
> it... or do we have an official method for putting warnings in the docs?
>
> "Because WAL segment files are renamed and not re-created from scratch,
> it is critical that the archive command actually copy files, not move
> or hard-link them."
I'll shortly be writing a doc patch to clarify a few points and to
explain new possibilities, such as Koichi Suzuki's work.
--
Simon Riggs
2ndQuadrant http://www.2ndQuadrant.com
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