Re: Online base backup from the hot-standby

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Online base backup from the hot-standby
Date: 2011-11-03 23:06:16
Message-ID: 4EB31E68.208@agliodbs.com
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On 10/25/11 5:03 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> If we want something to go in early, that could be as simple as a
> version of pg_basebackup that runs against the slave but only if
> full_page_writes=on on the master. If it's not, it throws an error.
> Then we can improve upon that by adding handling of fpw=off, first by
> infrastructure, then by tool.

Just to be clear, the idea is to require full_page_writes to do backup
from the standby in 9.2, but to remove the requirement later?

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Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
http://pgexperts.com

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