Re: pg_start_backup and pg_stop_backup Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Make CheckRequiredParameterValues() depend upon correct

Kevin Grittner <kevin.grittner@wicourts.gov>

From: "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>

To: "Heikki Linnakangas" <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>, "Aidan Van Dyk" <aidan@highrise.ca>

Cc: "Simon Riggs" <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>, "Josh Berkus" <josh@agliodbs.com>, "Alvaro Herrera" <alvherre@commandprompt.com>, "Fujii Masao" <masao.fujii@gmail.com>, "Robert Haas" <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>,"Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

Date: 2010-04-28T19:50:56Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers

Aidan Van Dyk <aidan@highrise.ca> wrote:
 
> I'm hoping to be able to build a tool that:
> 
> 1) Connects to PG walsender (a la walreceiver)
> 2) Streams WAL from pg master
> 3) Saves WAL into "files" (a la archive)...
> 
> i.e. I'm looking to keep a more-up-to-date PITR archive than
> waiting for traditional WAL file archiving...
 
I'm interested in that, too.
 
> I don't personally care about streaming replication replaying WAL
> as it comes, or running queries in recovery...
 
I'm with you that far, but I wouldn't want the sender to wait for
remote persistence.
 
-Kevin