Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes: > >> This addresses the technical workings of the various backup systems. > >> The fact that it is or isn't on-line, hot, continuous, fast, or flexible > >> is secondary. > > > To me, the continuous activity is the significant feature of that backup > > method. I chose "Continuous Backup" because it is the continual > > activity that is significant. "Continuous Archiving"? > > I like Peter's suggestion as-is; or "WAL Archiving". I don't like > applying adjectives that are not specific to the particular method. > That will just create more confusion down the road if we add another > feature that could also be called "continuous archiving".
I do like "WAL Archiving" but I am concerned that it references a specific internal implementation detail (WAL). Is that OK? Also, I am concerned that is specificially talks about archiving the wal files and is not general enough to include the file system backup that is also necessary. -- Bruce Momjian http://candle.pha.pa.us SRA OSS, Inc. http://www.sraoss.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
