Re: Replication/backup defaults

From: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Replication/backup defaults
Date: 2017-01-14 16:18:23
Message-ID: CABUevEwrVop-Lx49-a3MxBV6DRAeUd2hGv4xW3WMDggTcLB7nA@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 2:09 AM, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 10:06 AM, David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>
> wrote:
> > On 1/10/17 3:06 PM, Stephen Frost wrote:
> >> * Magnus Hagander (magnus(at)hagander(dot)net) wrote:
> >>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 8:03 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
> >
> >>>> I may be outvoted, but I'm still not in favor of changing the default
> >>>> wal_level. That caters only to people who lack sufficient foresight
> >>>> to know that they need a replica before the system becomes so critical
> >>>> that they can't bounce it to update the configuration.
> >>>
> >>> True. But the current level only caters to those people who run large
> ETL
> >>> jobs without doing any tuning on their system (at least none that would
> >>> require a restart), or another one of the fairly specific workloads.
> >>>
> >>> And as I keep re-iterating, it's not just about replicas, it's also
> about
> >>> the ability to make proper backups. Which is a pretty fundamental
> feature.
> >>>
> >>> I do think you are outvoted, yes :) At least that's the result of my
> >>> tallying up the people who have spoken out on the thread.
> >>
> >> I tend to agree with Magnus on this, being able to perform an online
> >> backup is pretty darn important.
> >
> > Agreed and +1.
>
> +1'ing.
>

I've pushed this.

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