On Tuesday, July 30, 2013, James Sewell wrote:
> I understand what you are saying, and I understand how the backup_label
> works - but I still don't understand why the pg_start and pg_stop commands
> are REQUIRED when doing a snapshot backup to ensure data integrity.
>
> Surely not using them and restoring a snapshot is the same as starting
> after a crash, and will result in log replay to get to the latest possible
> consistent state?
>
That's true provided that all of your data is on a single volume, and you
trust your "snapshot" to be free of bugs.
Cheers,
Jeff
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