Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B5326502CB for ; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:13:28 -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 77522-01-2 for ; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:13:13 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from ag-out-0708.google.com (ag-out-0708.google.com [72.14.246.244]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3E98650301 for ; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:04:57 -0300 (ADT) Received: by ag-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id 31so6187558agc.5 for ; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:04:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=n8BV+ySv7MneD+1KN337iTQzDbWxanV3Fv66Xfi9Y3M=; b=mFfOekxugujOrOt4gvS+t9omsUux1q1X5LxJAP5yjGxLHZZdL/tz1UeC+oQwZp1HES R8ts1YhKF4HzYMFakxxyO3MV3ilYjdcTRy3JLWV9WV9ViI+91CLhIqJvTahmPQ6JP4jz KLMhWN04zdIWylXjWAb2GuaopNLM53Ihkm/0M= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=nxrDnWTQIJbtU+Ghbhze7V6jfzZ5GAwv//LxEj1mRrZh2olMPQfUyVR5TJvckcx/KX UXiawlsFt/40ciM2YBZIBaMdLv+53PrMDfJ5JpEPqHbx7vNPW+hcDzo+r45erg4l/frV QDj8WUIKTHyBsslpw7dxEflJhm013v0CBUGoA= Received: by 10.100.152.11 with SMTP id z11mr6507088and.157.1219799096284; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:04:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.142.7 with HTTP; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:04:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <396486430808261804l93855f1gf86d92541a80141@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:04:56 -0700 From: "Richard Broersma" To: "Merlin Moncure" Subject: Re: [GENERAL] PITR - base backup question Cc: "pgsql-general@postgresql.org" , pgsql-admin@postgresql.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <396486430808261553k6687500q19f4117b6c71ae3f@mail.gmail.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: 200808/187 X-Sequence-Number: 30032 On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 5:38 PM, Merlin Moncure wrote: > If you ever want to mess around with log > shipping I strongly suggest you go through the motions of setting up a > warm standby vi the pg_standby utility and practice popping the > standby out of recovery. Thanks for the reply! I want to be certain that I understand the point you are making: Is setting up a warm standby server good pratice for gaining experience in PITR or do you mean that PITR is a good starting point for setting up a warm standby server? -- Regards, Richard Broersma Jr. Visit the Los Angeles PostgreSQL Users Group (LAPUG) http://pugs.postgresql.org/lapug