Hannu Krosing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ãhel kenal päeval, R, 2006-04-14 kell 16:40, kirjutas Tom Lane: >> If the backup-taker reads, say, 4K at a time then it's >> certainly possible that it gets a later version of the second half of a >> page than it got of the first half. I don't know about you, but I sure >> don't feel comfortable making assumptions at that level about the >> behavior of tar or cpio. >> >> I fear we still have to disable full_page_writes (force it ON) if >> XLogArchivingActive is on. Comments?
> Why not just tell the backup-taker to take backups using 8K pages ? How? (No, I don't think tar's blocksize options control this necessarily --- those indicate the blocking factor on the *tape*. And not everyone uses tar anyway.) Even if this would work for all popular backup programs, it seems far too fragile: the consequence of forgetting the switch would be silent data corruption, which you might not notice until the slave had been in live operation for some time. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match