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Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Make standby server continuously retry restoring the next WAL

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>
Cc: Aidan Van Dyk <aidan@highrise.ca>, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2010-02-11T18:08:24Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> -1. it isn't necessary for PITR. It's a new requirement for
> standby_mode='on', unless we add the file size check into the backend. I
> think we should add the file size check to the backend instead and save
> admins the headache.

I think the file size check needs to be in the backend purely on safety
grounds.  Whether we make pg_standby useful for this context is a
different discussion.

			regards, tom lane