Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D74CA64FCAD for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:30:18 -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 75661-10 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:30:15 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail.int.journyx.com (mail.journyx.com [66.219.41.227]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5214464FC8B for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:30:14 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.int.journyx.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8CB07E4393 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:30:01 -0500 (CDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at Received: from mail.int.journyx.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.int.journyx.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id TOpR-G3uQ+PK for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:29:53 -0500 (CDT) Received: from whitneys (dhcp-100-201.int.journyx.com [192.168.100.201]) by mail.int.journyx.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C95047E4246 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:29:52 -0500 (CDT) From: "Scott Whitney" To: Subject: Re: PITR question with base backup Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:29:52 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 Thread-Index: AckzunlfqcRE7PhtTBacDUOOryRkfwAATHyw In-Reply-To: <20081021200951.GC4001@alvh.no-ip.org> Message-Id: <20081021202952.C95047E4246@mail.int.journyx.com> 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: 200810/151 X-Sequence-Number: 30607 It is, is it? I was completely under the impression that it was not. Don't ask me where I got that impression. :) No problem whatsoever, in that case! Thanks for clearing up my inability to comprehend documentation... -----Original Message----- From: Alvaro Herrera [mailto:alvherre@commandprompt.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 3:10 PM To: Scott Whitney Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [ADMIN] PITR question with base backup 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