What I understood from the Administrator's guide is: - Yes, PostgreSQL provides hot backup: it's the pg_dump utility. It'h hot because users can still be connected and work whil pg_dump is running ( though they will be slowed down). ( See Administrator's guide ch9)
- No, PostgreSQL does NOT provide a way to restore a database up to the last commited transaction, with a reapply of the WAL, as Oracle or SQL Server ( and others, I guess) do. That would be a VERY good feature. See Administrator's guide ch11 So, with Pg, if you backup your db every night with pg_dump, and your server crashes during the day, you will loose up to one day of work. Am I true? Erwan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Erwan DUROSELLE // SEAFRANCE DSI Responsable Bases de Données // Databases Manager Tel: +33 (0)1 55 31 59 70 // Fax: +33 (0)1 55 31 85 28 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Neil Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/10/2002 19:48 >>> "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. That said, I agree that would be a good feature to have. Cheers, Neil -- Neil Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> || PGP Key ID: DB3C29FC ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html
