Re: finding changed blocks using WAL scanning

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: finding changed blocks using WAL scanning
Date: 2019-04-22 17:11:22
Message-ID: CA+TgmoZVFt+b4__wvqXHNKpGPSRYYcVUv_YZShhgXD9eQ7+LyQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 12:35 PM Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> I assumed the modblock files would be stored in the WAL archive so some
> external tools could generate incremental backups using just the WAL
> files. I assumed they would also be sent to standby servers so
> incremental backups could be done on standby servers too.

Yeah, that's another possible approach. I am not sure what is best.

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Robert Haas
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The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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