Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4414A65008C for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:10:22 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 68792-01 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:10:18 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from lists.commandprompt.com (host-159.commandprompt.net [207.173.203.159]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96C7764FD21 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:10:18 -0300 (ADT) Received: from perhan.alvh.no-ip.org (200-126-101-5.bk7-dsl.surnet.cl [200.126.101.5]) (authenticated bits=0) by lists.commandprompt.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m9LKDw21016069 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:14:01 -0700 Received: by perhan.alvh.no-ip.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9BC1947CBB; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:09:51 -0300 (CLST) Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:09:51 -0300 From: Alvaro Herrera To: Scott Whitney Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: PITR question with base backup Message-ID: <20081021200951.GC4001@alvh.no-ip.org> References: <20081021200239.592B47E42AE@mail.int.journyx.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081021200239.592B47E42AE@mail.int.journyx.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0 (lists.commandprompt.com [207.173.203.159]); Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:14:01 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=none X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200810/150 X-Sequence-Number: 30606 Scott Whitney wrote: > The problem is that I create databases pretty regularly. Let's say I create > 3 in a week. I'm not looking forward to going to my colo, grabbing the 20ish > GB tgz file and restoring it 3 times per week. I'd rather do that dance > monthly or quarterly and rely on the WALs in the interim. What's the actual problem? Database creation is also replayed via WAL. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support