Re: Online backup vs Continuous backup

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, PostgreSQL-documentation <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Online backup vs Continuous backup
Date: 2005-12-26 18:46:38
Message-ID: 200512261846.jBQIkcN12733@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > I suggest the following patch to rename our capability "Continuous
> > Backup".
>
> This doesn't seem like an improvement. "Online backup" is the standard
> terminology AFAIK.

But why is it the standard terminology? It doesn't seem logical.

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