Re: I don't want to back up index files

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Glen Parker <glenebob(at)nwlink(dot)com>
Cc: Postgres General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: I don't want to back up index files
Date: 2009-03-12 02:34:34
Message-ID: 29712.1236825274@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Glen Parker <glenebob(at)nwlink(dot)com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> ... AFAICS what
>> Glen is proposing is to not WAL-log index changes, and with that any
>> crash no matter how minor would have to invalidate indexes.

> Nooo...! This has nothing to do with WAL logging index changes.

How so? In any PITR-based situation it seems to me you need to worry
about the WAL bulk a lot more than the bulk of the base backup.

regards, tom lane

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