Re: [HACKERS] Online backup vs Continuous backup

Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > I noticed that we are using the term "Online Backup" in our
> > documentation when we are talking about continuous backup and PITR.
> >
> > To me, "online backup" is doing a backup while the system is online
> > (online-backup), and that is accomplished by pg_dump. I know a lot of
> > databases us "Online Backup" but I assume this is for historical reasons
> > because at some time in the past their full backups didn't work while
> > the database was online. Other systems use the term "Continuous
> > Logging", but I think that is too easily confused with the server
> > activity logs.
> >
> > I suggest the following patch to rename our capability "Continuous
> > Backup".
>
> I have never heard the term Continuous backup. Although I have heard
> online backup. The problem is that when I hear the term online backup
> I think Hot backup which is what we do with pg_dump.

Yes, that is my problem too.

> I would just call the other Point in time recovery :)

The problem there is that it is "recovery", and the documentation talks
about the "backup" step. I am thinking we are going to have to add
something like "Continuous backup, also called Online Backup" or
something like that.

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