Re: [HACKERS] Non-simultaneous file system snapshots as backups

2011-03-11 Thread Bruce Momjian
Magnus Hagander wrote: > On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 17:46, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > I know we allow people to use file system snapshots as backups, but what > > happens if they are using tablespaces and they can't do the snapshots > > simultaneously? ?If there is only one check point happening betwee

Re: [HACKERS] Non-simultaneous file system snapshots as backups

2011-03-11 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 17:46, Bruce Momjian wrote: > I know we allow people to use file system snapshots as backups, but what > happens if they are using tablespaces and they can't do the snapshots > simultaneously?  If there is only one check point happening between the > first and last snapshot

[HACKERS] Non-simultaneous file system snapshots as backups

2011-03-11 Thread Bruce Momjian
I know we allow people to use file system snapshots as backups, but what happens if they are using tablespaces and they can't do the snapshots simultaneously? If there is only one check point happening between the first and last snapshot, would the WAL logs clean up that inconsistency like they do