On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 7:12 PM, Josh Berkus <j...@agliodbs.com> wrote: > Magnus, Kevin: > > Two things: > > 1) pg_receivexlog doesn't help for users who need to archive from the > master to cold storage (e.g. remote SAN, S3, whatever). So we're going > to still need an archive_command.
It can, but it's definitely ugly :) As in you can run pg_receivexlog locally... (No, I am not seriously suggesting you should) > 2) One reason users are using the "test -f" version of the archive > command is that we put it in the same postgresql.conf. I would suggest > that we don't put *any* archive command in the sample postgresql.conf, > since there is no command we can supply which isn't a potential foot-gun. +1. -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-docs mailing list (pgsql-docs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-docs
