Re: pg_start_backup() takes too long

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
To: Ivan Zolotukhin <ivan(dot)zolotukhin(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, PostgreSQL General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: Re: pg_start_backup() takes too long
Date: 2008-10-01 06:27:05
Message-ID: 1222842425.4445.1403.camel@ebony.2ndQuadrant
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On Tue, 2008-09-30 at 12:58 +0400, Ivan Zolotukhin wrote:

> Just a few points on pg_start_backup() from user point of view. I
> personally would prefer to have some control over the process, e.g. it
> would be nice to have proposed pg_start_backup(label text,
> immediate_chkpt boolean).

I've added this function to Infrastructure Changes for Recovery (v8)
patch, with a NOTICE message as suggested also. Seemed easier to work on
it while I was there.

No changes to bgwriter smoothing.

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Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com
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