On 1/29/15 8:09 PM, Jim Nasby wrote: > On 1/29/15 7:02 PM, David Steele wrote: >> On 1/29/15 7:55 PM, Jim Nasby wrote: >>> On 1/29/15 6:25 PM, David Steele wrote: >>>> Safe backups can be done without LSNs provided you are willing to >>>> trust >>>> your timestamps. >>> >>> Which AFAICT simply isn't safe to do at all... except maybe with the >>> manifest stuff you've talked about? >> >> Yes - that's what I'm talking about. I had hoped to speak about this at >> PgConfNYC, but perhaps I can do it in a lightning talk instead. > > Sounds like maybe it should be part of our documentation too...
I think the warnings Bruce has added to the documentation about using checksums are sufficient for now. The manifest build and delay methodology are part of PgBackRest, the backup solution I'm working on as an alternative to barman, etc. It's not something that can be implemented trivially. -- - David Steele da...@pgmasters.net
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