Re: Why there are no max_wal_receivers

On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 3:05 PM, 高健 <luckyjackgao(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Hello:
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> Thank you all for kindly replying my question.
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> I read the documentation about pg_basebackup.
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> The server must also be configured with max_wal_senders set high enough to
> leave at least one session available for the backup.
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> Dose it mean:
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> If I am building a one master -- one slave environment, I need the
> max_wal_sender to be at least 2.
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> But I think pg_basebackup just use the one sender process temporarily, Is
> that right?
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Yes. It would be used for the duration of backup. But, it maybe better
to just reserve one slot for pg_basebackup if you intend to use it
often instead of editing postgresql.conf every time you need to take
backup.

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Amit