Re: WAL Archiving and base backup

From: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
To: "Daniel Westermann (DWE)" <daniel(dot)westermann(at)dbi-services(dot)com>, Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: WAL Archiving and base backup
Date: 2022-01-14 21:42:17
Message-ID: a36c28a1-d0d5-4846-513b-55448245a2e3@aklaver.com
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On 1/14/22 13:04, Daniel Westermann (DWE) wrote:
>> On 1/14/22 1:40 PM, Stephen Frost wrote:
>> snip]
>>> We shouldn't be trying to provide
>>> documentation around how to write a tool like pgbackrest, we should,
>>> instead, have a tool like pgbackrest in core with its own documentation,
>>> as most other RDBMS's do.
>
>> That's an excellent solution to this problem.
>
> While I know the reasons for not having something like pgbackrest in core, I think this is a major drawback for the project. People coming from commercial systems are used to have that tooling included by default.

They are also used to paying a big whopping bill, which is why they go
looking for alternatives. So like most things is it a tradeoff, sweat
equity vs hard cash.

>
> +1 for having that in core
>
> Regards
> Daniel
>

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Adrian Klaver
adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com

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