On Mar 1, 2011, at 3:20 PM, A B wrote: > > But what would happen if you > 1. run rsync > 2. throw server through the window and buy new server > 3. copy the rsynced data > 4. start server > now, what would happen? > I guess the server would think: uh-oh, it has crashed, I'll try to fix it.
This will give you Inconsisten Backup and PG will try to recover the database > I understand that you will loose data, but will it be able to get > database in shape and running? May be Or may not be. I have seen scenario's where people had to use pg_resetxlog > And to reduce the amount of lost data, is there any clever "sync" > command I can run before step 1 to write more stuff to disk? Have a look of Hot/Online Backup. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/continuous-archiving.html Thanks & Regards, Vibhor -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
