Re: Incremental Backup (Was: And ppl complain about *our*

From: Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>
To: Martin Marques <martin(at)bugs(dot)unl(dot)edu(dot)ar>
Cc: David Garamond <lists(at)zara(dot)6(dot)isreserved(dot)com>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Incremental Backup (Was: And ppl complain about *our*
Date: 2004-01-19 16:56:34
Message-ID: 400C0C42.2050005@Yahoo.com
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Martin Marques wrote:

> Mensaje citado por David Garamond <lists(at)zara(dot)6(dot)isreserved(dot)com>:
>
>> Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>> >>From the Firebird FAQ:
>> >
>> > "The first beta was released on January 29, 2003. We are hoping to be
>> > close to a full release some time around Easter 2003."
>> >
>> > They are at RC8 right now ... running a *wee* bit behind scheduale :)
>>
>> Yes, they're pretty late. Last time I read, the only major issues
>> preventing their final release is around the installer. The 1.5 codebase
>> itself has been stabilized for quite a while. Practically all work is
>> now done to the 2.0 branch/HEAD. They have several goodies in store for
>> the 2.0 release (e.g.: incremental backup).
>
> Anyone working on incremental backups for PostgreSQL? I kind of miss them from my
> Informix times (hey, I think it's the only thing I really miss :-) ).

Sort of.

A kind of delayed standby server and backup with roll forward stuff will
be a byproduct of the Slony-I replication system.

Jan

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