Re: postgresql.conf archive_command example

From: Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Robert Treat <rob(at)xzilla(dot)net>, Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndquadrant(dot)fr>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: Re: postgresql.conf archive_command example
Date: 2011-09-08 07:08:08
Message-ID: CAHGQGwG_KcHHRYpdtETOTz7Mti9SuGBWhGjgdc_4EnmTW9gDJg@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 3:26 PM, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 7:05 AM, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> That's an option. But I don't think that finding an existing file is so serious
>> problem.
>
> The recommendation should be that the archived files are never
> overwritten because that prevents a huge range of data loss bugs and
> kills them stone dead.

I'm OK with that default behavior of the executable. It's helpful if
the executable
supports overwrite-if-filesize-is-not-16MB option.

Regards,

--
Fujii Masao
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
NTT Open Source Software Center

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