Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Make standby server continuously retry restoring the next WAL

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, Aidan Van Dyk <aidan(at)highrise(dot)ca>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Make standby server continuously retry restoring the next WAL
Date: 2010-03-19 12:43:34
Message-ID: 29146.1269002614@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
> Simon Riggs wrote:
>> We might also have written half a file many times. The files in pg_xlog
>> are suspect whereas the files in the archive are not. If we have both we
>> should prefer the archive.

> Yep.

Really? That will result in a change in the longstanding behavior of
ordinary recovery. I'm unconvinced that this is wise.

regards, tom lane

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