Re: pg_basebackup --wal-method=fetch

On Fri, Feb 9, 2024 at 12:11 AM Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Feb 8, 2024 at 5:21 PM Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> wrote:
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>> Greetings,
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>> * Ron Johnson (ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com) wrote:
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>> > The word "streaming".
>> > Should be "But isn't streaming the whole purpose of pg_basebackup"?
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>> I'm a bit confused on this point still as if the whole purpose of
>> pg_basebackup is to be streaming ... then we should be defaulting to
>> fetch mode still?
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> No. Since I thought streaming is the whole purpose of pg_basebackup, I questioned the utility of every other method except --wal-method=streaming.

Well, "fetch" mode also does streaming... It just does streaming at
the end instead of parallel. So I guess one could argue the names
chosen are wrong, and should be named something like "parallel" and
"sequential". But I think the ship on renaming that has sailed a long
time ago...

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