Re: Backup's from standby

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
To: senthilnathan <senthilnathan(dot)t(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Backup's from standby
Date: 2011-08-16 12:51:51
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On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 7:34 AM, senthilnathan
<senthilnathan(dot)t(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> What will happen if you issue *checkpoint* at STANDBY. I presume that it
> will flush the data to the disk.

Yes. On the standby that is known as a restartpoint.

> Will there be any conflict with the master WAL.(like checkpoint location...)

No, there is no effect on the master. The restartpoint happens as a
background process on the standby, so replay will continue while we
restart.

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