repmgr and archive_mode

From: Toby Corkindale <toby(dot)corkindale(at)strategicdata(dot)com(dot)au>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: repmgr and archive_mode
Date: 2011-07-29 08:12:47
Message-ID: 4E326B7F.5020006@strategicdata.com.au
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Hi,
In the repmgr README, it suggests configuration should include:

archive_mode = on
archive_command = 'cd .'

Could someone explain why we need archive_mode enabled? In my own
testing of Pg's streaming replication, I've found it to work without
this enabled.

Cheers,
Toby

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