Re: Backup strategies

From: Ivan Voras <ivoras(at)freebsd(dot)org>
To: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Backup strategies
Date: 2008-10-15 13:21:12
Message-ID: gd4qo2$gvl$1@ger.gmane.org
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Guillaume Lelarge wrote:
> Ivan Voras a écrit :

>> It looks like PostgreSQL freezes the state of the "data" directory in
>> this case (and new data goes only to the transaction log - pg_xlog),
>> which effectively creates an application-level snapshot. Good to know.
>
> Nope. Even files in data directory change. That's why the documentation
> warns against tools that emit errors for files that change during the copy.

Ok, thanks. This is a bit off-topic, but if it's not how I imagine it,
then how is it implemented?

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