Re: Point in Time Recovery

From: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD <ZeugswetterA(at)spardat(dot)at>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Point in Time Recovery
Date: 2004-07-20 03:37:07
Message-ID: 40FC9363.3060200@familyhealth.com.au
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> I don't think so, but it seems like a much less robust way to do things.
> What happens if you have a failure partway through? For instance
> archive machine dies and loses recent data right after you've rm'd the
> source file. The recommended COPY procedure at least provides some
> breathing room between when you install the data on the archive and when
> the original file is removed.

Well, I tried it in 'cross your fingers' mode and it works, at least:

archive_command = 'rm %p'

:)

Chris

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