On 03/27/2014 03:06 PM, David Johnston wrote: > As I think both can be used for PITR I don't believe there is much downside, > technically or with resources, to using hot_standby instead of archive; but > I do not imagine it having any practical benefit either.
Actually, "hot_standby" does have to write some extra records to the WAL which "archive" does not. I don't know that anyone has checked the actual volume difference between the two, though, which would probably also vary by workload. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
