On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 17:08 +0300, Heikki Linnakangas wrote: > Simon Riggs wrote:
> I think we'll need an option to specify a maximum for the number of WAL > files to keep around. The DBA should set that to the size of the WAL > drive, minus some safety factor. > > > It should be clear that to make this work you must run with a base > > backup that was derived correctly on the current master. You can do that > > by re-copying everything, or you can do that by just shipping changed > > blocks (rsync etc). So I don't see a problem in the first place. > > Hmm, built-in rsync capability would be cool. Probably not in the first > phase, though.. Built-in? Why? I mean make base backup using rsync. That way only changed data blocks need be migrated, so much faster. -- Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
