X-Original-To: pgsql-patches-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F526D1B174 for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 14:34:01 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 72656-06 for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 17:33:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from candle.pha.pa.us (candle.pha.pa.us [207.106.42.251]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A387D1B16A for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 14:33:51 -0300 (ADT) Received: (from pgman@localhost) by candle.pha.pa.us (8.11.6/8.11.6) id i6THXZP20332; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 13:33:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Bruce Momjian Message-Id: <200407291733.i6THXZP20332@candle.pha.pa.us> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Point in Time Recovery In-Reply-To: <15535.1091121365@sss.pgh.pa.us> To: Tom Lane Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 13:33:35 -0400 (EDT) Cc: Simon Riggs , Klaus Naumann , markw@osdl.org, pgsql-patches@postgresql.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL108 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 tagged_above=0.0 required=5.0 tests= X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200407/568 X-Sequence-Number: 12238 Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian writes: > > Now, if you say people will rarely turn archiving on/off, then one > > parameter seems to make more sense. > > I really can't envision a situation where people would do that. If you > need PITR at all then you need it 24x7. OK, then we are OK. If we find that isn't true, we can reevaluate. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073