On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 09:55, Hannu Krosing <ha...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > On 7.1.2011 15:45, Magnus Hagander wrote: >> >> On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 02:15, Simon Riggs<si...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: >> >>> One very useful feature will be some way of confirming the number and >>> size of files to transfer, so that the base backup client can find out >>> the progress. >> >> The patch already does this. Or rather, as it's coded it does this >> once per tablespace. >> >> It'll give you an approximation only of course, that can change, > > In this case you actually could send exact numbers, as you need to only > transfer the files > up to the size they were when starting the base backup. The rest will be > taken care of by > WAL replay
It will still be an estimate, because files can get smaller, and even go away completely. But we really don't need more than an estimate... -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
