Re: Allowing multiple concurrent base backups

From: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)fr>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Subject: Re: Allowing multiple concurrent base backups
Date: 2011-01-11 19:50:40
Message-ID: m2sjwzmd7z.fsf@2ndQuadrant.fr
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Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:

> Now that we have a basic over-the-wire base backup capability in walsender,
> it would be nice to allow taking multiple base backups at the same time.

I would prefer to be able to take a base backup from a standby, or is
that already possible? What about cascading the wal shipping? Maybe
those ideas are much bigger projects, but if I don't ask, I don't get to
know :)

Regards,
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Dimitri Fontaine
http://2ndQuadrant.fr PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support

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