Re: PITR question with base backup

It is, is it? I was completely under the impression that it was not. Don't
ask me where I got that impression. :)

No problem whatsoever, in that case!

Thanks for clearing up my inability to comprehend documentation...

-----Original Message-----
From: Alvaro Herrera [mailto:alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 3:10 PM
To: Scott Whitney
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] PITR question with base backup

Scott Whitney wrote:

> The problem is that I create databases pretty regularly. Let's say I
create
> 3 in a week. I'm not looking forward to going to my colo, grabbing the
20ish
> GB tgz file and restoring it 3 times per week. I'd rather do that dance
> monthly or quarterly and rely on the WALs in the interim.

What's the actual problem? Database creation is also replayed via WAL.

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