Re: Log Apply Delay

From: Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info>
To: harding(dot)ian(at)gmail(dot)com
Cc: General PostgreSQL List <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Log Apply Delay
Date: 2011-09-16 15:33:17
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On Fri, 2011-09-16 at 08:02 -0700, Ian Harding wrote:
> Oracle has a configuration option for its version of hot standby
> (DataGuard) that lets you specify a time based delay in applying logs.
> They get transferred right away, but changes in them are only applied
> as they reach a certain age. The idea is that if something horrible
> happens on the master, you can keep it from propagating to one or more
> of your standby databases (or keep from having to reinstate one in the
> case of a failover)
>
> Anyway, Is there any plan to add a knob like that to the streaming
> replication in Postgres?
>

IIRC, Robert Haas had a WIP patch to do that. Not sure what its status
is now.

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Guillaume
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