Dragos Valentin Moinescu <dragos(dot)moinescu(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Where can I find information about how to modify the postgresql
> server in order to allow this in 8.2.17?
You haven't exactly said what "this" is, but I am inferring that you
want to bring your standby up to run read-only queries once per
hour, and then resume replication? If so, you could either consider
one of the many replication solutions:
http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Replication%2C_Clustering%2C_and_Connection_Pooling
or you could follow your current practice, but get a fresh base
backup each time, and start the warm standby over again. If you use
rsync with a daemon you will probably be surprised how quickly you
can acquire the new base backup.
-Kevin