Re: Rsync to a recovering streaming replica?

Sorry, here are the missing details, if it helps:
Postgres 9.6.5 on CentOS 7.2.1511

> On Sep 27, 2017, at 10:56, Igor Polishchuk <ora4dba(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I have a multi-terabyte streaming replica on a bysy database. When I set it up, repetative rsyncs take at least 6 hours each.
> So, when I start the replica, it begins streaming, but it is many hours behind right from the start. It is working for hours, and cannot reach a consistent state
> so the database is not getting opened for queries. I have plenty of WAL files available in the master’s pg_xlog, so the replica never uses archived logs.
> A question:
> Should I be able to run one more rsync from the master to my replica while it is streaming?
> The idea is to overcome the throughput limit imposed by a single recovery process on the replica and allow to catch up quicker.
> I remember doing it many years ago on Pg 8.4, and also heard from other people doing it. In all cases, it seamed working.
> I’m just not sure if there is no high risk of introducing some hidden data corruption, which I may not notice for a while on such a huge database.
> Any educated opinions on the subject here?
>
> Thank you
> Igor Polishchuk