On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Josh Berkus <j...@agliodbs.com> wrote: >> Let's imagine we're taking filesystem snapshots each day by whatever >> means. We're also archiving xlogs, but only have space for 48 hours' >> worth. Now we want to recover to 3 days ago, but there are no WALs >> from that time, so we do a crash recovery from the filesystem >> snapshot. Doing continuous archiving from this conflicts with the >> existing WALs, which we solve by creating a new timeline. > > How is this different from just changing the recovery_command?
*scratches head* How is it the same? -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers