Re: recovery_connections cannot start (was Re: master in standby mode croaks)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: recovery_connections cannot start (was Re: master in standby mode croaks)
Date: 2010-04-23 22:30:00
Message-ID: 18410.1272061800@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Heikki Linnakangas
> <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
>> So my proposal would be:
>>
>> wal_mode=crash/archive/standby
>> archive_mode=on/off # if on, wal_mode must be >= 'archive'
>> archive_command='command'
>> max_wal_senders=<integer> # if > 0, wal_mode must be >= 'archive'

> As a general design comment, I think we should avoid still having an
> archive_mode GUC but having it do something different. If we're going
> to change the semantics, we should also change the name, maybe to
> "archiving".

Agreed on the general point, but AFAICS that proposal keeps the meaning
of archive_mode the same as it was.

regards, tom lane

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