On 12/28/05, Dmitry Panov <dmitry(at)tsu(dot)tula(dot)ru> wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-12-28 at 13:38 +0100, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 03:17:40PM +0300, Dmitry Panov wrote:
> > > I'm currently considering setting up online backup procedure and I
> > > thought maybe it would be a useful feature if the online logs could be
> > > written into more than one place (something like oracle redo logs
> > > multiplexing).
> > >
> > > If I got it right if the server's filesystem crashes completely then the
> > > changes that haven't gone into an archived log will be lost. If the logs
> > > are written into more than one place the loss could be minimal.
> >`
When I set up PITR I felt like something was missing. You have to
wait for the current log file to be closed before it gets copied off
somewhere safe. I think this is something that should be seriously
considered if it's not too hard.