| From: | Jim Michaels <jim(dot)michaels(at)jesusnjim(dot)com> |
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| To: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Marko Tiikkaja <marko(at)joh(dot)to> |
| Cc: | pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: about and feature matrix on site |
| Date: | 2016-06-23 06:06:36 |
| Message-ID: | 82986651-f26c-25fb-ce97-1f2a9fcb0716@jesusnjim.com |
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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.
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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