I am wondering how the catchup mode of a hot synchron slave server works on 
9.1.3 if there is no WAL archive.

Can the slave only request WALs that are still in the xlog directory of the 
master server? Or does the master regenerate some kind of fake log for the 
catchup mode? E.g. in case of a slave failure I could use a weekly backup and 
let the catchup mode do the rest? Or does that only work if you use WAL archive?

The Doc says the following:

"When a standby first attaches to the primary, it will not yet be properly 
synchronized. This is described as catchup mode. Once the lag between standby 
and primary reaches zero for the first time we move to real-time streaming 
state. The catch-up duration may be long immediately after the standby has been 
created."

I sounds as if the catchup mode has got magic powers, but I don't know if I'm 
readying the bible correctly.


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