Re: wal-g (https://github.com/wal-g/wal-g) reliability

Stephen Frost wrote:
> >
> > 2. Is there a `wal-g backup-fetch` option for truly self-sufficient
> > restoration?
>
> Interesting that you ask this! I say that because it's actually a case
> that pgbackrest contemplated and explicitly added support for-
> specifically, if you set --archive-copy (or archive-copy=true) and
> disable compression (or decompress everything before you start PG), then
> you can just start PG from the backup and it'll perform the necessary
> recovery from the WAL and start up. We considered this an interesting
> use-case and used it extensively and have maintained support for it.

Well, the release I've downloaded from https://github.com/wal-g/wal-g/releases
does not seem to have the --archive-copy option.
>
> All that said, of course, this limits the ability to do typical PITR,

Why? If you configure recovery_target_time and restore_command, it's all
the same, isn't it? No matter if you have WAL archives in pg_wal, but
it's better to have them.

> but at least it gives you a consistent backup which you can start PG
> from.
>

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