X-Original-To: pgsql-docs-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D32329DC809; Mon, 26 Dec 2005 14:46:39 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 05321-10; Mon, 26 Dec 2005 14:46:39 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from candle.pha.pa.us (candle.pha.pa.us [70.90.9.53]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31ABC9DC804; Mon, 26 Dec 2005 14:46:37 -0400 (AST) Received: (from pgman@localhost) by candle.pha.pa.us (8.11.6/8.11.6) id jBQIkcN12733; Mon, 26 Dec 2005 13:46:38 -0500 (EST) From: Bruce Momjian Message-Id: <200512261846.jBQIkcN12733@candle.pha.pa.us> Subject: Re: Online backup vs Continuous backup In-Reply-To: <10947.1135622655@sss.pgh.pa.us> To: Tom Lane Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 13:46:38 -0500 (EST) CC: PostgreSQL-development , PostgreSQL-documentation X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL121 (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, score=0.118 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.118] X-Spam-Score: 0.118 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200512/30 X-Sequence-Number: 3378 Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian writes: > > I suggest the following patch to rename our capability "Continuous > > Backup". > > This doesn't seem like an improvement. "Online backup" is the standard > terminology AFAIK. But why is it the standard terminology? It doesn't seem logical. -- 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