Re: Replication and PITR

From: Bo Lorentsen <bl(at)netgroup(dot)dk>
To: Csaba Nagy <nagy(at)ecircle-ag(dot)com>
Cc: Bill Moran <wmoran(at)collaborativefusion(dot)com>, Postgres general mailing list <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Replication and PITR
Date: 2006-09-22 05:53:48
Message-ID: 45137A6C.4000705@netgroup.dk
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Csaba Nagy wrote:
> That's gone with 8.2, it will be possible to stream the last
> modifications, or force a WAL recycle periodically, whatever fits you
> better. There is some new infrastructure which allows these things,
> although I didn't have the time to play with them.
>
This sound very nice, where can I find more info about this ... and when
is 8.2 expected to be released ? And are there anyone else that plays
with making build in replication for PG 8.2 ?
> The big improvement would be indeed to have the infrastructure to start
> up a standby by simply pointing it to the master server, no other setup
> needed. Implement that, make it reliable, and any beginner to postgres
> will be able to easily set up a WAL shipping based standby. Right now
> you still have to do some complicated scripting to make it work (no idea
> how much 8.2 will help here, didn't try yet).
>
Do you know what the motivation for these changes have been ? Better
PITR or is replication a direct goal ?

/BL

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