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From: Ray Stell <stellr@vt.edu>
To: Nagy László Zsolt <gandalf@shopzeus.com>
To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Reliable WAL file shipping over unreliable network
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 10:21:47 -0500
Message-ID: <3c9f0338-631c-ed8f-a7a1-e1bf7d69b4a7@vt.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <dd116172-3ddf-ee56-57f3-6e18d49abf8e@shopzeus.com>
References: <dd116172-3ddf-ee56-57f3-6e18d49abf8e@shopzeus.com>

On 2/28/18 9:57 AM, Nagy László Zsolt wrote:

>   but
> am I right in that I can combine log file shipping with streaming
> replication, and achieve small replication delays plus the ability to
> recover after a longer period if network outage?
>
yes.

You might look at adjusting your wal_keep_segments to retain WAL for a 
period longer than expected network failures.  This might require some 
storage planning/adjustments.




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