I'd say yes replication can solve lot of issues, but is there a way to do replication 
in postgres(active-active or active-passive)

-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Momjian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 8:27 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; pgsql-general
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] [HACKERS] Hot Backup


Shridhar Daithankar wrote:
> On 7 Oct 2002 at 13:48, Neil Conway wrote:
> 
> > "Sandeep Chadha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > Postgresql has been lacking this all along. I've installed postgres
> > > 7.3b2 and still don't see any archive's flushed to any other
> > > place. Please let me know how is hot backup procedure implemented in
> > > current 7.3 beta(2) release.
> > AFAIK no such hot backup feature has been implemented for 7.3 -- you
> > appear to have been misinformed.
> 
> Is replication an answer to hot backup?

We already allow hot backups using pg_dump.  If you mean point-in-time
recovery, we have a patch for that ready for 7.4.

-- 
  Bruce Momjian                        |  http://candle.pha.pa.us
  [EMAIL PROTECTED]               |  (610) 359-1001
  +  If your life is a hard drive,     |  13 Roberts Road
  +  Christ can be your backup.        |  Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073

---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ?

http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html

---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command
    (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])

Reply via email to