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Re: recovery_connections cannot start (was Re: master in standby mode croaks)

Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>

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From: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>, "pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2010-04-23T18:55:48Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Fri, 2010-04-23 at 13:45 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:

> Archiving and streaming replication are
> just two means of transporting WAL records from point A to point B.

> By definition, any two manners of moving a byte stream around are
> isomorphic and can't possibly affect what that byte stream does or
> does not need to contain.

It is currently true, but there is no benefit in us constraining future
implementation routes without good reason.

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 Simon Riggs           www.2ndQuadrant.com