| From: | Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net> |
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| To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Problem with Online-Backup |
| Date: | 2007-02-02 01:36:13 |
| Message-ID: | 45C2958D.3050702@cox.net |
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On 02/01/07 18:04, Glen Parker wrote:
>> Tarring hot database files still gives me the willies. But then, I
>> wear belt and suspenders.
>
> I understand. A list of "file changed while we read it" errors is just
> a little unnerving at first!
>
> I did quite a few end to end backup/PITR tests, and no matter what I did
> to the DB during backup, no matter how many errors tar or cpio produced,
> I have been unable to find any problems with the end result.
>
> OTOH, I still take a full base backup every night and keep ten days
> worth of WAL files on our backup server, so I guess maybe I don't
> *completely* trust it :-)
Or you don't trust tape to be 100% reliable.
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