Re: Multiple WALs for PITR ?

From: Gaetano Mendola <mendola(at)bigfoot(dot)com>
To: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Multiple WALs for PITR ?
Date: 2004-10-06 22:58:00
Message-ID: ck1ta2$4d2$1@floppy.pyrenet.fr
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Michael Kleiser wrote:
> I wan`t to use Point in Time Recovery
> I allread read
> http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/backup-online.html#BACKUP-ARCHIVING-WAL
>
>
> But I still wonder, if it is possible for PostgreSQL 8.0 to write
> multiple, redundant WAL-Files
> like Oracles with its redo-log-groups ?

Could you explain what do this feature that PITR implementation don't support ?

> Is threre an equivalent to Oracles "ALTER SYSTEM SWITCH LOGFILE" ?

Given that this is Postgresql list could you kindly explain what do this command,
and also why do you think Postgresql must support it?

Regards
Gaetano Mendola

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