Hi, On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 6:52 AM, Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> wrote: > It seems to me that in previous discussions of Streaming Replication, > Heikki put forward the proposition that the standby server should be > able to connect to the primary and stream not only newly-generated WAL > but also, if necessary, a base backup. As I recall, he argued that > without this functionality Streaming Replication would be far too > difficult to administer for the majority of users.
The automatic transfer of a base backup is useful, but not essential. So, I'm not planning to work on it until synch rep patch is committed at least. IIRC, nobody argues that such a feature is indispensable also to the first step. We should develop synch rep in stages? Regards, -- Fujii Masao NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION NTT Open Source Software Center -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers