> Online backups with archived transaction logs are the next big killer feature > (the last one remaining?) for 24x7 operation I think.
I believe this is at least theoretically possible using Linux device layer tricks. Using network block devices, you can have a network RAID1, with the transaction logs living over NFS. Never tried this, but it seems all the tools are there. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend