On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 6:51 PM, Andres Freund <and...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > On 2014-08-26 18:40:27 +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Andres Freund <and...@2ndquadrant.com> >> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > currently pg_basebackup uses fetch mode when only -x is specified - >> > which imo isn't a very good thing to use due to the increased risk of >> > not fetching everything. >> > How about switching to stream mode for 9.5+? >> >> I think the original reasons were to not change the default behaviour >> with a new feature, and secondly because defaulting to -X requires two >> replication connections rather than one. > > Right. > >> I think the first reason is gone now, and the risk/damage of the two >> connections is probably smaller than running out of WAL. > > Especially as that will fail pretty nearly immediately instead at the > end of the basebackup...
Yeah, I don't think the problem was actually pg_basebackup failing as much as pg_basebackup getting in the way of regular replication standbys. Which I think is also a smaller problem now, given that it's a more "common thing" to do backups through replication protocol. -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
