Re: about and feature matrix on site

On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 11:06:36PM -0700, Jim Michaels wrote:
> Q: does pgsql create data files using the filesystem and OS API, or does it
> try to write directly into NTFS without using the API? because if it uses
> the API, I can down the server and back it up as an alternative, check the
> fs, etc.

Yes, that is useful, but honestly, few people ask about it, and more
people ask if we support raw devices, which is the opposite of this, so
I don't see how adding it as a features makes sense.

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> On 6/20/2016 8:48 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> >Marko Tiikkaja wrote:
> >>On 2016-06-20 5:23 PM, Jim Michaels wrote:
> >>>both about and feature matrix on site should contain the critical
> >>>feature that the db files can be backed up since they do not mod the fs
> >>>under the hood like other DBMS. this is very important for me.
> >>Huh? You can ABSOLUTELY NOT take backups of postgres that way.
> >Actually you can, as long as the server is stopped.
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