Naomi Walker wrote: > In the past, several of you have mentioned that adding backup and recovery > features to Postgres (specifically, point in time recovery), was important > to you and/or your company. For one reason or another, it keeps getting > shoved off the list of features for the next release. > > I'd like to organize a group of postgres users to hurry along this process > by throwing some money at the problem. My company is willing to pony up > some of the cost. I'd like very much to share the cost of making this > happen with others. I've gotten a quote from Red Hat for the work, and it > was insane/excessive, so that is out of the question. > > To the group, then, would any of you out there be willing to participate in > such a venture, either on the financial support or coding side? > > I believe Postgres is an excellent database, but without this feature, some > companies will look elsewhere for a database management systems. The more > people that use Postgres, the better for all of us, and this is a critical > piece..
One use of replication can be point-in-time recovery. The log of replication messages can be played back against a nightly backup to restore the system to the current state. It would be nice to hit both of these at the same time. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html
